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BOBC@ri-net.com wrote: > >Why would need a gui to do that? The iSeries is not a PC, it is a server. >We have always attached a display devise be it a dumb 5250 terminal or some >other device. Why must servers have a self contained gui? You can still >do 90% of everything you need to do from a 5250 interface which could be >done with any dumb terminal adapter that IBM could integrate into the box. >The iSeries is not self contained in its current incarnation by any stretch >of the imagination, why would this model be any different? > Because this is what sells machines. This is what the punters want. They see NT and like it. They see green screen OS/400 and don't want to know. They don't see how good (or bad) a system is. They see a pretty face and prefer to use it. Because they see NT machines with their own consoles, administered from these console, independent from other hardware. They expect this feature in other machines. Because a GUI can be made more intuitive, easier for novices and new customers to use. Text input, unfamiliar command strings, lack of knowledge, and steep learning curve frightens potential customers into the hands of "simpler" systems. Because IBM are gradually making the vast majority of iSeries administration graphical by way of OPs Nav. It would make sense that OPs Nav, or a derivative of it, should be able to run on a real iSeries console. I don't imagine that all functions would be graphical. The console would need to handle text (5250?) as well. In restricted state a GUI might not be available. NT handles this text/GUI change excellently, why shouldn't the iSeries be able to do it as well. Syd
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