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Hi Aaron,

Imagine having a RPG native way to
> create browser and thick client apps from
the iSeries!

Browser communication via CGIDEV2 is almost as old as Visual Age for RPG's thick client ability. Which is more popular, the one officially developed as part of an IBM policy or the one developed as a technology demonstrator? Is there a lesson in that?

This isn't a rant against IBM making money; if they don't earn a profit, that's bad for us. It's a rant about the IBM policy dudes not listening to the RPG developer (the Systemn i bread and butter) and then charging us for being in the wrong market!

The simple fact is that WDSC is way ahead of the curve for the vast majority of System i companies. That stinks for several reasons. I'll name just one. IBM spent umpty squat millions to develop a tool that includes the ability to: * Build dynamic Web user interfaces with minimal coding using standards-based JavaServer Faces (JSF) components * Visually design and develop rich Web user interfaces using drag-and-drop components in a Visual Page Designer * Build data-driven Web pages with minimal coding and point-and-click database connectivity * Build rich Web user interfaces with performance and maintenance characteristics of thin clients using JSF extensions
(http://www-306.ibm.com/common/ssi/fcgi-bin/ssialias?infotype=an&subtype=ca&appname=Demonstration&htmlfid=897/ENUS207-030)

It is an undisputed fact that the vast majority of developers on System i do _not_ do any of these things. WDSCi is a solution looking for a problem. The anonymous IBM policy dude is to be commended for getting ahead of the curve (although he missed the open source thing [1]) and creating WDSC in advance of the desire for it.

He also deserves to be whacked in the back of his head for expecting RPG programmers who don't use it to pay _extra_ for stuff we can't use.
  --buck

[1] No Linux/OpenBSD support. No source for the System i parsers, not even documentation for the extension points they consume or expose.

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