Re: 3rd party stuff / was Java-based forums

One of the main stumbling blocks to open source / freeware third party
software for AS400 RPG/COBOL,

is that most of us do not have access to AS400 hardware / software outside
of working hours.

With Java / C/ C++/ .NET, development can be done quite easily on a home PC.

cheers
Colin.W
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marc Logemann" <spam1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400"
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Sent: Friday, July 09, 2004 5:41 PM
Subject: Re: 3rd party stuff / was Java-based forums


> Bruce Jin wrote:
>
> > Which of these offers more free/open source third party
library/products?
> >
> >
> >
> >   1.. COBOL
> >   2.. RPG
> >   3.. C/C++
> >   4.. JAVA
> >   5.. .NET
> >   6.. .
> >
> >
>
> Most software products are built with C/C++ of course, but IMO the
> library base in java is bigger. DOTNET is too new to be competitive in
> any area and RPG cant compete because it has not so much developers and
> the area of RPG usage is mainly business programming, there you dont
> have too many patterns which re-occur every day. Cobol is in the same
> situation i guess. Another fact that speaks for java in the library
> space is that you can use java nearly everywhere, so you have libs for
> creating web applications, mobile applications, GUI applications all
> this XML stuff, you really need more libs than with most other languages
> out there, with a very strict focus on the devevelopment area. Take PHP,
> a great language, but very focused to web development. You dont need
> libraries for Widgets or 3d capabilities.
>
> Marc Logemann
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