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Steve,


<<< I was informed here on Friday that the AS400 (iSeries) will be replaced in the coming year by I think it is an Oracle based system >>>

I don't know why these folks want to replace the iSeries with "something better". A few years ago, one client hired some Java programmers because a higher-up heard the buzzwords "Java" and "Websphere" and wanted to convert every application to Java. Java is a slug compared to RPG and the concept only lasted a few months. The Java folks were let go and the client is a solid RPG shop now.


<<< one of the main reasons that the guy gives (although I feel it is just one excuse he can point to) is the lack of skilled programmers. >>>

As a skilled programmer, I find that there is a serious lack of iSeries shops in which to work. There is no work in my home town and almost none in my home state. In the past three years I have had to work in Nebraska, Indiana, South Carolina and Ohio because those were states where I could find programming work. I have been in Ohio for over a year with at least nine months to go. I'd like to go home but I have a famliy to support and if I desired to toil twice as hard for one-fourth of the pay, I'm sure I *could* find a job at home. It would mean downsizing our lifestyle... we'd have to move out of the double-wide and get a single. That would also put us in a section of the mobile home park I really want to avoid.


Robert Munday
Munday Software Consultants
Montgomery, AL
on assignment in Dublin, OH

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