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From: Jerry Draper
I think it might have been the decision by IBM NOT to give us a
GUI interface like X-Window on the iSeries.

Well, browser technologies eclipsed x-windows, and IBM threw-in with Sun, HP, and others to back Java. Now, about 12 years later, IBM has put together a pretty big ecosystem around Java which is paying off.

So at that point, asking IBM to develop a native IBM i GUI is (and I know this is somewhat exaggerated for effect) roughly akin to asking Exxon Mobile to build a 150 HP electric motor.




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