RE: How does this software work??

"Flipping off IBM" and my PSC400 product are entirely different.  The former
takes advantage of undocumented features and knowledge of OS/400 internals,
while my method simply modifies your programs (at the source code level) to
use a different I/O method.  PSC400 in effect re-engineers the software with
a mind towards true client/server development, which I think is the
direction IBM would like us to pursue.

On the other hand, I'm researching hooking the SEPT for a future release,
and THAT might indeed fall a little closer to what Fast400 does.  I'll be
interested to see how IBM handles Fast400 before I decide to implement the
SEPT hook <smile>.

Joe

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Svalgaard
>
> > Why would a product like FAST400 or any technique to allow you to exceed
> the
> > processing capability that you purchased be any different ethically than
> > buying 100 licenses of [insert your favorite software here] to
> run on 200
> > computers?  <running for cover>
>
> wouldn't that same argument not also apply to Joe Pluta's method of
> "re-engineering programs to remove the 5250 I/O" and get the same
> interactive capability but without 5250?
>
> Presumably true "interactive" capability is measured in service
> given to users interacting directly with the system. The interactive
> tax should really be called a 5250 tax.