RE: Lansa

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Does anyone know if there is a church orgar punched card mailing list
anyway (tee,hee!)

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                From:   david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com
[mailto:david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com]
                Sent:   Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:13 PM
                To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
                Subject:        Re: Lansa

                "Driggers, Lise" <Lise.Driggers@sonus.com> wrote:

                >I keep hearing that Lansa is the future.  Any opinions
out there?

                Who from, Lansa? I had a friend who worked for them for
a while out in
                Australia and claimed at the time that it "knocked Synon
into a cocked
                hat". Maybe, but not in market terms as far as I can
see. However, if you
                make yourself a Lansa specialist there is probably a
good niche for you.

                >If not Lansa, where should I focus my training.  I am
currently an
                >RPG III coder.

                A lot of new things have happened since you've been
away. We have ILE and
                RPG/IV, we have Java, we have client-server, AS/400
server and web enabled
                AS/400's. However, you can still go a long, long way
with just RPG/III in
                spite of what IBM may tell you. It's just impossible in
my view to point
                you in any particular direction. I'd say first get your
job, then see which
                way your employer is headed, plunge in and swim
strongly. Actually
                Midrange-l is not a bad place to start. Every possible
topic is discussed
                (except church organs :-)).

                The very best of luck,

                Dave Kahn, ABB Steward Ltd.


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