Re: Native was: Secure FTP Using SSH

Hi:

I was responding to the issue of what is "native". I tried to make it 
clear (and thought I succeeded) that this didn't really matter except when 
it came to expectations. Rephrased, "native" is a non-issue unless two 
things are true:  first, that the way something works is different from 
the way other things of the same kind work when the latter have been 
integrated into i5/OS/400 for a long time; and second, that a significant 
reason for that difference is the history of the more recent "arrival".

I remind you that I ended my message with a brief summary of my American 
genealogy, including Iroquois. It ended with something to the effect of, 
"ALL of whom came from somewhere else".

Darrell

Darrell A. Martin  -  630-754-2187
Manager, Computer Operations
dmartin@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Tom Liotta) wrote on 10/04/2006 06:25:21 
PM:

Darrell A Martin wrote:

Your analogy is a good one, but doesn't lead to the conclusion you 
suggest. We are natives of America if we are born in America. (That 
matches both the etymology and the usage of the word.)  *nix utilities 

were not "born" in i5/OS/400, so they are not "native".

So, RPG and COBOL aren't 'native either?

[snip]





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