Re[2]: Java - Thread

[ericadelong@xxxxxxxx]

     I'll have to disagree (at least in part). Most (if not all) Java 
     projects that I've seen are using the AWT classes which are NOT 
     implemented on the AS400.  This of course it necessary for Java client 
     programs, and not absolutely necessary for developing server 
     components and such. However, my point is that without AWT, most Java 
     apps will NOT port well to the AS400. 
     
     Just to make my position clear, I AM intrigued by Java. I took a 
     couple of CBT courses on Java fundamentals a while back and I got 
     hooked. But I cannot see myself developing Java apps within the 
     forseeable future. Selling the advantages of Java to the suits (who 
     probably look at Java as a PC "Browser" technology) would be a little 
     bit like jumping plane without a parachute. (Nowhere to go but DOWN!)
     
     Eric A DeLong      
     ericadelong@pmsc.com


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Subject: Re: Java - Thread 
Author:  <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com > at INTERNET
Date:    5/30/98 1:51 AM


** Reply to message from HAVEAJOB@aol.com on Sat, 30 May 1998 00:12:51 EDT
     
> With an obvious ear to the ground, I have heard of NO AS/400 shops utilizing 
> JAVA for development; there may be some out there but I haven't talked to
> anyone.  I DO hear a lot of talk about "One day...." but I don't see any
> current utilization other than on the PC side, and that's mostly in the realm 
> of internet commerce.
     
Dave, have a look at http://www.ibm.com/Java/Sanfrancisco/
     
Keep in mind that Java development on "the PC side" _IS_ Java development on 
the AS/400. If a PC, NT, or Unix based developer produces a good Java based 
application, they have become competition in the AS/400 marketplace.
     
     
> Dave Brown
     
     
     
Chris Rehm                                                    
Mr.AS400@ibm.net                                              
     
How often can you afford to be unexpectedly out of business?  
Get an AS/400.                                                
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