RE: Have you read this?

I don't know this author personally, but I am friends with and deal with
similar personalities (writers) when it comes to Java.

I believe the author was using Humor as a shield to state his view that he
truely does believe RPg is dead and that Java is the ONLY future.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: John Hall [mailto:jhall@hillmgt.com]
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2000 1:15 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: Have you read this?
> 
> 
> I say we hang the cowardly author in effigy
> 
> or in the immortal words of "coach"
> 
> "to hell with Effigy.  Let's string him up right here !!"
> 
> 
> You know this is a JOKE article!!  Have you ever heard of sarcasm ??? 
> Did you notice it said (humor column).  Did it EVER occur to you that
> the whole point of the article was that every time someone writes off
> the system as dead it comes back stronger than ever ???
> 
> Oh well I guess now I've overstated my point too.
> 
> John Hall
> Home Sales Co.
> 
> 
> "L. S. Russell" wrote:
> > 
> > But yes I do think it is cowardly. I mean the authors name, 
> upon closer
> > inspection is buried at the bottom amid a puppy dogs bio? 
> At the very
> > least have the gumption to speak "your" mind.
> > And I get so sick and tired of reading how this or that is the death
> > knell of the AS/400 (and or RPG). Remember how java was touted "the
> > programing language of the future"? How java was supposed 
> to supplant
> > RPG as the midrange language of choice?
> > RPG is still around, so is the 400, and I may be wrong but isn't IBM
> > bringing back support for Netware? So, again IMHO, the article is
> > neither funny nor right on. It is just another MicroSoft drumbeater
> > thumping his cheats.
> >
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