Re: iSeries Misconceptions

["Leif Svalgaard" <leif@xxxxxxxx>]

COBOL is a viable language.
The question was about RPG.

From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> Good news and bad news...
>
> I have a legacy 400 user, with applications written in COBOL in the
> financial industry.
>
> They're previous application generated written reports, to which the
> traders reacted and made trades.
>
> They wanted to move the app to real time, and conducted a search for the
> most cost effective platform to a new interactive application.  The
> solution was AS/400 green screen.  They didn't care about GUI.  They wrote
> the entire app in COBOL green screen.  Ultimately it cost over $1M to
> write.  The ROI calculation as off badly.  The ROI was 4 days!!!!!
>
> They refuse to be used as a reference account!  They consider the existence
> of the application to be a corporate secret, and any competitor who would
> get this info to be a competitive pressure.
>
> Al


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