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Aaron Bartell wrote:
In the end I want to create something that keeps people on the IBM i using a
framework that is more simple to use than the others I have used in other
environments (i.e. JSF, PHP). This year I have heard of many shops leaving
the IBM i because they don't have a reality based modernization path -
everything out there leads them away from the IBMi: EGL, Java, PHP, .NET. I
am not looking to start a language war, but instead see what we can create
as a community that is fully intentioned to keep RPG programmers in RPG -
giving shops the most ROI. But the key is that the framework needs to be
open source and free (free as in beer and I need to see if GPL v3 works for
free as in "usage liberty" concerning ISV needs). I was hoping Niels from
IceBreak would have an update on that framework becoming open sourced
because that would negate my efforts, but I haven't been able to turn
anything up in my searches that it was in fact open sourced (last
collaborations on midrange lists is from late 2008).
I don't want to get into language was, either, but what's wrong with EGL for the browser? You can't create a decent Web 2.0 application without JavaScript, and EGL generates JavaScript. The tool, including the debugger and all the good stuff, is free. You use the JavaScript to call RPG programs served by Apache, and everybody is happy, no?

Joe

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