Re: Modernising the AS/400

There is a great article in PC Week on the current status of
fragmentation of java flavors among vendors. 

"Bale, Dan" wrote:
> 
> Nelson,
> 
> 2) Is this the "pure" Java vs. Microsoft Java battle that's been in the news
> that you're talking about?  Somewhat related, it was my understanding that
> there will always be platform-specific ... umm ... what do they call them...
> libraries(?).  Normal Java applications will be able to remain "pure" for
> WO-RA, but that changes once you start getting into system-level functions,
> hence the platform-specific libraries.  Am I wrong about that?
> 
> Also, how does Linux play into the picture?  Linux is an OS, Java is an
> application language.
> 
> - Dan Bale
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Nelson C. Smith [SMTP:ncsmith@gate.net]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:09 PM
> > To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject:      Re: Modernising the AS/400
> >
> > Two reasons:
> >
> > 1.) IBM is so committed to it that they will probably get the performance
> > issues worked out and everyone else won't, and
> >
> > 2.) From what I read in non-IBM journals, JAVA seems to already be
> > starting
> > to fragment into many "house flavors".  That's probably the kiss of death.
> > The rest of the world is already moving on the next cure-all buzzword,
> > Linux, and I see all the same claims being made about it that they were
> > making about JAVA two years ago.
> >
> > Nothing factual here, of course, just that uneazy feeling that we've been
> > here before.
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Bale, Dan" <DBale@lear.com>
> > To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> > Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:04 AM
> > Subject: RE: Modernising the AS/400
> >
> >
> > > Nelson,
> > >
> > > > On JAVA, I have a feeling it will be a ... failure in the rest of the
> > > world and we will
> > > > once again have our own little language that no one else uses.
> > >
> > > That is a bit surprising to hear.  Why do you think that?
> > >
> > > - Dan Bale
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