RE: IBM pushing Java

["Stone, Brad V (PP)" <bvstone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Haha!!! Java will never replace RPG.  Replace is a big word, and Java, as it
is now, is a stronger client side language that server side.

And no, I am NOT against Java.  I'm just realistic.

Bradley V. Stone
bvstone@taylorcorp.com

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Roger Pence [mailto:rp@rogerpence.com]
> Sent: Friday, March 19, 1999 9:11 AM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: IBM pushing Java
> 
> 
> >Is it true that IBM are pushing JAVA as the next native 
> AS/400 language
> >to replace RPG, and if so what are the likely timescales on this?
> 
> Now! Time to get off the island with Gilligan!
> 
> 
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