Re: Moving from Green screen app to GUI because of push back

[Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What would be an example of an application where you needed a 
third-party product in order to modernize?  I ask because I challenge 
that idea.  I believe we already have the tools.  Right now.  Today. and 
yesterday.


On 12/13/2017 11:53 AM, mlazarus wrote:
> Nathan,
>
>  You're only partially correct.  The application would need to be 
> rewritten, to some degree.  But, the additional cost of the add-on 
> product plus the additional development and testing overhead made it 
> too expensive an endeavor to undertake, from the clients' perspective.
>
>   I went through this at several medium to small clients.  Had IBM 
> included and integrated this functionality into the OS I would have 
> created some standalone mini applications, or a parallel function to 
> an existing application, and let them get used to having *their* data 
> displayed in a real GUI, with additional functionality.
>
>  There is no way that they would shell out for an expensive tool (plus 
> the yearly maintenance!) just to try it out to see if they want to go 
> in that direction.  There are other details in play, but that was a 
> big part of the decision.
>
>  The fact that we can get a GUI to display does not mean that this is 
> an inherently a GUI OS.  It's not.  IMHO, until IBM decides that it's 
> worthwhile investing in creating a fully integrated, modern interface 
> as part of the OS, this box will be perceived as old and dated.  
> That's a shame, because it's a real workhorse with many innovations 
> and capabilities.
>
>  -mark