RE: "Webulating" RPG

Jon
I believe that IBM should proceed with VRPG -> Java byte code generation
Russ Popeil
Avnet Computer - Solutions That Mean Business
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jon Paris [SMTP:paris@ca.ibm.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 1998 1:44 PM
> To:   midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject:      "Webulating" RPG
> 
> As many readers of this list will be aware, at the COMMON conference
> in San
> Antonio last Fall, we showed a "Technology Preview" of a version of
> VisualAge
> for RPG which generated Java bytecode.  This provides the ability for
> an
> application written with VARPG to be deployed over the web and made
> available
> to any user with a browser (i.e. it would run on Apple Mac, Network
> Stations,
> AIX, Win 95, Win NT, etc.)
> 
> While the code running in San Antonio was real (i.e. the demo was not
> faked) it
> still represented only a fraction of the work needed to produce a full
> working
> product.  We've been working hard on this since the fall, but there's
> still a
> lot of work to do and we've now reached the next decision point (Go
> (and at
> what speed), No go, etc.)
> 
> As part of the process, I'm asking you folks for your comments on the
> usefulness of such a tool to you.  We've heard from a number of
> Business
> Partners who are excited by it, now we'd like to hear from some more
> of our
> leading users.
> 
> If you don't want to post your comments to the list, or if you have
> further
> questions on what such a product could do for you, please e-mail me
> directly at
> the address below.
> 
> 
> Jon Paris - AS/400 AD Market Support - paris@ca.ibm.com
> Phone: (416) 448-4019   -   Fax: (416) 448-4414
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