RE: Future of 5250 and other interesting topics.

I've seen users where a pet rock wouldn't work...  LOL...!

Seriously, I think there's a slim possibility that the industry will swing
"back to the future".  The industry moves to the point which is a balance
between the direction the market THINKS it wants to go and the direction the
prevailing companies THINK they want to go.  Both of these groups currently
have the POV they THINK they want to drop character-based apps.

That's what we're talking about, losing character-based apps.  The
particular implementation doesn't matter that much (5250, Unix, zSeries
terminal, and C/S version of character-based apps, all basically being
similar).


I looked at PC Magazine, first time in months, and saw an op-ed by John
Dvorak (I thin').  It was titled "Fix your software Microsoft".  He was very
vehement in advocating that NO browser should EVER write to the hard drive.

I thought it extraordinary that a piece in PC Magazine would advocate going
"back to the future" and using a PC as, what is essentially, a Network
Station.  Wonder why that concept never really gathered steam...?!?

jt


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> a pet rock?
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jan Megannon [mailto:jmegannon@intekom.co.za]
> Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 1:46 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Future of 5250 and other interesting topics.
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>
> I have been following with interest the discussions on this list, having
> newly subscribed.
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> Regarding the pending(?) demise of 5250 and the 'dumb' terminal or
> green-screen :- it will be a pity to see it go, as I always believed
> that one should never put any thing more intelligent on the desktop than
> that which is sitting behind the keyboard. Just a thought!
>
> Cheers.
>
> Jan Megannon.
> Memetics Systems.
> South Africa.
>
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