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Paul,

>> but this makes me
>> wonder if any of you ever tried the X-Window software from
eXport-Ventures ?

Of course, in fact, I tried to get IBM to put it onto the AS/400. Of
course IBM assigned an obstructionist to me for this "project". His
purpose in life is to make sure nothing "not invented here" is brought
into Rochester.

Bob Cozzi
cozzi@rpgiv.com
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:rpg400-l-admin@midrange.com]
On
> Behalf Of Nicolay, Paul
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 10:26 AM
> To: 'rpg400-l@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: The status quo and the future...
>
> Bob,
>
> I guess we wished already to much the last few days with topics like
these.
>
> Maybe we could return to RPG :-)  At least it works, and it is still
> reality.
>
> BTW, I always had the idea of event driven programming from within
ILE-RPG,
> connected via sockets to a graphical client (based on the X-Window
> principle).  Fact is that I don't have time to write it... but this
makes me
> wonder if any of you ever tried the X-Window software from
eXport-Ventures ?
>
> Kind regards,
> Paul
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Cozzi (RPGIV) [mailto:cozzi@rpgiv.com]
> Sent: 11 March, 2002 17:16
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: The status quo and the future...
>
>
> Paul,
>
>
> > How many people do you know that have modern PowerPC hardware at
home
> ?
>
> Few, very few. But most companies are only interested in people that
are
> willing to spend money. By changing the platform, you cause a world of
> people to consider your alternative platform (i.e., PowerPC) for their
> next upgrade/replacement system.  The carrot is that it is a better
> platform, the stick is that it would be _the_ upgrade path from
Pentium.
>
> This was more of a wish-list/fantasy statement than a pragmatic
> statement.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
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