RE: Free OS/400

That sounds good.  Once you've created a stable library, send me a savefile.
I'll install it on my machine, run the conversion, and I'll make the browser
version available via the www.plutabrothers.com website.

The ultimate goal of the design is 100% automatic conversion.  I reached
better than 99% with my Focus/2000 Y2K conversion tool, and I see no reason
I can't match that with this tool.  The first version of the automated
conversion is done, and I'm pleased with the results.

Joe Pluta
Pluta Brothers Design, Inc.
www.plutabrothers.com
"Adapting Tomorrow's Technologies to Today's Applications"


> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-midrange-l@midrange.com
> [mailto:owner-midrange-l@midrange.com]On Behalf Of James W. Kilgore
> Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 10:56 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Free OS/400
>
>
> Joe,
>
> I'm with you.  IMHO, Webfacing amounts to no more than screen scraping
> and that is still an interactive penalty session.  Not a good thing.
>
> I think that you are on the right track.  Personally I don't care if I
> have to revisit every single program to tweak it a bit.  I've been in
> this profession too long not to expect to. Can we say Y2K?
>
> As a matter of fact, when the underlying paradigm shifted enough I've
> been willing to throw out everything I have and start over again.  I'm
> small enough that I have to be swift or get eaten! ;)
>
> So this begs the question ... what is the best "classic" 5250 design
> model that would lend itself well to your tool?
>
> I've been following your project for the past year and a half with much
> interest.  Since I tossed out the WyattERP project I've been watching
> and wondering how to incorporate your ideas into a mixed dumb tube, fat
> client, mix.
>
> Tell you what, I'm not nearly clever enough to figure out how to get a
> DDS subfile scroll bar (that Booth wouldn't live without!) to turn into
> some other interface, but I can handle the back end business rule side
> and standard program model in my sleep.  I write very predictable boring
> code.  Actually my code generator writes very boring code.  He's a HAL
> 9000 series. ;)
>
> If you would be willing to, let's take a really boring example, like
> maintaining a zip code table, and I'll do the back end within the
> WyattERP project to facilitate your front end as a proof of concept.
> Something so simple that even the JDE, BPCS, etc. folks can see the
> point without the clutter.
>
> I'll put the code on John Ross' machine at Netshare400 with a
> before/between/after same function comparison that anyone can look at.
>
> The boss is out on vacation so let's just sneak some "real" work into
> the summer.
>
> J. Kilgore
> "The Boss"
> Progressive Data Systems, Inc.
> WyattERP@James-W-Kilgore.com

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