Re: HP Stimulus Package -- MIDRANGE-L

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On Sat, Feb 7, 2009 at 5:36 AM, Lukas Beeler
<lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 18:15, Bruce Collins <bruce@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

http://h20195.www2.hp.com/PDF/4AA2-1059ENW.pdf

While reading through all the replies here, i think many of you missed
the point.

This is about "legacy AS/400 applications". And there are lots of
legacy applications on the i - poorly maintained applications written
in years past, without commitment control or journalling, proper
database design, without adhering to current best practices regarding
programming (service programs, change control, versioning, unit
testing etc.) and still using antique user interfaces like 5250.

These applications are bad - they give the i a bad name, for no real reason.

How many of us are STILL writing applications like this? We still
struggle with this in my shop, although we are moving toward a
critical mass of developers that use more modern techniques. And when
we do, we can pretty easily create multiple user interfaces.

Mike E.

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