Re: Apache and .Net

Richard Schoen wrote:

You didn't need to bring up EGL. It emanates from you like a warm glow,
so it is implied in any response you make :-)

This from the man who presents .Net as a System i solution <chuckle>. Okay, you're not quite as bad as the Midrange News guys, but really, introducing Windows into your mission critical business applications? I'm not sure exactly *what* that is emanating from you, but it ain't a warm glow <grin>.

I guess EGL fits in to supported, mainstream and mission critical.

Let's see. Industry standard - Java and JSF. Server independent - Tomcat or WebSphere. UI independent - thin client, rich client, even green screen if you need it. Interfaces with existing code. Creates web services - SOAP or REST. Leverages true leading edge open source technologies like Dojo.

Yeah, I consider that a better "future-proof" design for mission critical systems than a band-aid technique using "open source" software written by a company in Romania. But that's just me.

I guess if EGL is the culmination of 30 years of development it must be
legacy already. I know you are sold on it, but I think XP has definitely
been around longer than EGL. Not Vista though. They are probably the
same age.

No, you miss the point. EGL is based on CSP - a technology first introduced in 1981, before Windows was a gleam in Steve Jobs' eye. But unlike Windows, which continues to creak along taking other ideas and then "Microsofting" them, making them proprietary to Windows but not really adding anything of value (wow, that's pretty much a capsule definition of Vista!), EGL shows how software *should* evolve, from a pure host-based COBOL generator through a Windows-based client/server tool to an Eclipse-based IDE that generates industry-standard code.

Back to the Apache part of the conversation....Apache + .Net + "i" =
Good.

Hey, two out of three ain't bad, Richard. :)

Joe