RE: Anything strange about Peoplesoft?

David,

PeopleSoft has a proprietary development environment called PeopleTools.
The on-line system was written in PeopleTools.  The Applications server
code is written in C++, COBOL and SQR.  COBOL is used for the heavy
processing.  The COBOL code in the PeopleSoft application is essentially
platform independent.  MicroFocus COBOL is used on platforms except IBM
S/390 and AS/400.  ILE/COBOL is used on the AS/400.   SQR is a 3rd-party
report writing tool with update capability. SQR is used primarily for
reports and some light processing.  PeopleSoft's AS/400 offering is
really a hybrid.  The AS/400 can be the database server, but it cannot
be an application server.  The 3-tier environment uses DB2/400 for the
database and NT for the application servers.  Tuxedo is the transaction
monitor they use on the application servers.  In a 2-tier environment,
the client does most application processing.

While we are on the subject of your change management product, what are
your plans to support SAP R/3 in an AS/400 environment?

Regards,
Stan McPartland
stanley.mcpartland@bently.com

-----Original Message-----
From: David Gibbs [mailto:david.gibbs@mks.com]
Sent: Thursday, October 08, 1998 7:41 AM
To: Midrange Mailing List
Subject: Anything strange about Peoplesoft?


Folks:

I'm trying to find some information on the Peoplesoft package(s) with
regard to what kind of source and/or object they use (as it would relate
to our Change Management product).

Does Peoplesoft use standard RPG, CL, COBOL, and Objects ... or do they
have a proprietary case tool / program generator?

Thanks!

david

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David Gibbs
Sr. Software Engineer
Mortice Kern Systems US, Inc.
900 Oakmont Lane, Suite 400
Westmont, IL  60559
DID: (630) 734-5451
http://www.mks.com
mailto:david.gibbs@mks.com

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