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For the definitive answer to your interactive/batch workload questions, check out the iSeries Performance Capabilities Reference manuals at http://publib.boulder.ibm.com/pubs/html/as400/online/chgfrm.htm John Taylor Canada > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Neil Palmer > Sent: Wednesday, April 25, 2001 8:35 PM > To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re: No 5250-based applications > > > I haven't been following this thread in detail, but I believe there has > been discussion on what requires the Interactive performance feature. > I asked Brian Podrow this morning, and his answer was "anything that uses > a display file". I asked specifically about a "batch" program that > acquired a display device, and he said if it used a display file it would > "invoke the wrath of the Interactive 5250 gods and be treated as an > Internative program" (my words, not his). The exception being anything > run at the console - which is allowed. I asked specifically whether it > was just jobs at the console that were allowed, or any ONE interactive > job, regardless of where it was running from. He thought ONE job > would be > allowed, whether from the console or not, but wasn't 100% certain. > > ...Neil > > > > > > "Peter Dow" <pcdow@yahoo.com> > Sent by: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com > 2001/04/25 20:20 > Please respond to MIDRANGE-L > > > To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com> > cc: > Subject: Re: No 5250-based applications > > > From: "Nathan M. Andelin" <nathanma@haaga.com> > > When I reach that point, I want the HTML user interface to offer > performance > > and productivity comparable to it's 5250 counterpart. I think that's > > possible, but depends partly on IBM. It takes more CPU, memory, and > > bandwidth to generate an HTML data stream. > > > > This may be the heart of the Interactive vs. Batch debate. If > I develop > a > > Web application that offers functionality comparable to it's 5250 > > counterpart, but requires hardware that's 20 times more expensive to > support > > the same number of users, then people will stick with the 5250 > application. > > > > Or will they? Developers and end-users may simply migrate to hardware > that > > offers better price vs. performance for Web applications. How many > iSeries > > shops that have favored Windows over OS/400 for Web development? Would > that > > explain the reliability concerns and higher development cost? > > This sounds very similar to DOS vs Windows. How many DOS (i.e 5250) apps > are > still being used? The number of Windows platforms out there certainly > seems > to indicate people prefer GUI. I recently helped replace a DOS app with a > Windows/AS400 app because the customer felt that their seasonal temporary > employees would be able to learn it faster, and because it can show more > information in a single screen than a 24x80 or 25x132 screen. And so far, > hardware prices have been dropping fast enough to make it affordable. > > Regards, > Peter Dow > Dow Software Services, Inc. > 909 425-0194 voice > 909 425-0196 fax > > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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