RE: Lansa

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At 03:33 AM 3/19/99 , you wrote:
>Does anyone know if there is a church orgar punched card mailing list
>anyway (tee,hee!)
>
>               -----Original Message-----
>               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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