Re: Please advise (language / direction)

[John Myers - MM <jmyersmm@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Use LANSA !              http://www.lansa.com

We are also a software package supplier!    See http://www.VehicleSystem.com

My company has written AS/400 applications in many languages, including:
   - RPG & COBOL (Workstation)
   - DOS Client Server (MS Basic)
   - Windows Client Server (MS Visual Basic)
   - RPG-based Web development

Each has a different skill set ... it drove us crazy trying to staff all of 
the necessary skill sets!

2 Years ago we chose LANSA as the primary development environment for all 
new systems development.  Now, we can implement Web & Windows applications 
generated from the same source program that work with our previous AS/400 
applications and require only one skill set (BTW, LANSA will also generate 
green-screen applications if you need them).

I've also seen LANSA generate XML for next generation web applications (if 
you are thinking in that direction).  We haven't had an application 
requirement for it yet, but we should within 6 months.

Without qualification, LANSA was certainly the right applications 
development choice for us!

John Myers
Strategic Business Systems, Inc.
300 Lake Street, Suite B, Ramsey, NJ 07446  USA
E-mail: mailto:jmyers@sbsusa.com   Phone: +1 (201) 327-1780 x131
Web:    http://www.sbsusa.com      Fax:   +1 (201) 327-6984

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At 01:43 PM 1/12/00 , you wrote:

>Hello ! All,
>
>We  are software consulting/development company marketing ERP  package for
>apparel industry to major apparel
>manufacturers in US/Europe.  The package is written in RPGIII. The company is
>planning to rewrite package in order to
>move away from Geen scrren look that does not sell anymore.  We want to 
>add GUI
>to the package but want to stay on AS/400. We have already invested lot of
>effort and money to emulate GUI  using some packages that basically takes your
>green screen and make it look like GUI screen. It does not work and is not 
>user
>freindly. Please suggest what  language/direction we should go. We want to 
>keep
>AS/400 as backend.
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>Regards,
>Uday

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