RE: RPG.NET

No recommendations one way or t'other, just following up on this last
comment.  Thought this might be of interest, although applies to Tech List
more than RPG:

http://www.go-mono.com/archive/mono-0.29.html


| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Bartell, Aaron L.
| (TC)

| Hi Scott,
|
| Good comments, just wanted to address one of them with this link:
|
| >But, I will continue to avoid a .NET solution because I don't want to be
| locked into Windows.
| http://www.dotnet.za.net/viewcategory.asp?catid=5
|
| Right up your alley right? ;-)
|
| Aaron Bartell

| -----Original Message-----
| From: Scott Klement [mailto:klemscot@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

| > A co-worker just sent me this.
| http://www.asna.com/AVRNETandMicrosoft.asp
| >
| > Just wondering if anybody has any experience with it along with well
| rounded
| > opinions? Emphasis on well rounded and not blasts at Microsoft.
|
| I guess it depends on your requirements.   ASNA has a good reputation.
|
| On the other hand, if you're going to write Windows-only PC software,
| Visual Basic is a lot more mainstream, a lot more widely supported.
| You'll find lots of add-ons for it (though, they probably also work with
| RPG.NET) and lots of code examples for various things on the Internet.
| Though, it may be more difficult to integrate with an iSeries.
|
| Java also has it's advantages, in that the code isn't Windows-only.  You
| can run it on Mac, Linux, *BSD, or even OS/400.
|
| VARPG also has it's advantages.... for one thing, you've already got it if
| you're paying for Websphere Devel Studio, and for another, it can compile
| to Java bytecode so (theoretically) the compiled object can be run
| anywhere.
|
| Personally, I think using ANY of them is better than using none.  But, I
| will continue to avoid a .NET solution because I don't want to be locked
| into Windows.