RE: AS/6000

Pat --

On the other side of the coin ...

Do you really think you can attract the BEST talent by offering the
opportunity to code in RPG/III??  Or even ILE RPG??

RPG programmers will NOT be flipping burgers any time soon; but the best
talent is going to Java, the Web, ASP, VB (to an extent), Linux, Win2000
(like it or not) ...

Peace,

-- Don Schenck
www.SchenckTech.com


-----Original Message-----
From: Pat Barber [mailto:MBOCEANSIDE@postoffice.worldnet.att.net]
Sent: January 21, 2000 2:33 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: Re: AS/6000
Does anybody really think that business in general will decide one day
that
all their applications are written in the wrong language and they will 
rewrite everthing in a "modern" language ??

Do you really think all the thousands of small business in this country
are gonna decide that they can't live without a web site ??

When was the last time you heard the owner of a company say, 
"Why aren't we using unix/linux for our applications ??"

What was the last company you heard of that made "1" dime on E-commerce
??

Call State Farm,Allstate,Farmers Insurance companies and ask them when
they
plan on changing their thousands of AS/400's to a more hip machine with
snazzy applications that their people will like better.

Try to keep things in perspective and you'll be fine.
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