Re: Easy400 Web site

[Don <dr2@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jon,

Good news and good points!



On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote:

> For those of you concerned over the fate of the Easy400 web site, fear not.
> While Giovanni is undoubtedly under constant pressure to justify the site
> in a Java/WebSphere crazy world, he has not been shut down.  However, don't
> let this stop you from offering your support when the site comes back up!!
> 
> 
> There has been a technical fault in the system which apparently cannot be
> remedied remotely and requires someone to physically do something.  Since
> this is a public holiday in Italy (and the systems affected are not
> considered critical) nothing will be done to fix it until tomorrow.
> 
> 
> 
> So relax all you CGIDEV2 fans, your favorite web site is intact.
> 
> 
> 
> PS.  Since Susan and I spent the weekend writing an article on the subject
> of CGIDEV2 for iSeries Magazine, you can imagine we were more than somewhat
> relieved by this news!
> 
> 
> 
> PPS.  When writing support letters please try to avoid derogatory remarks
> about Java, WebSphere, etc.  they will just render the notes useless to
> Giovanni.  What I often stress to IBM management when discussing these
> things is that places like Easy400 and the CGIDEV2 tool set make it
> possible for many of us to demonstrate to management what can be done with
> the AS/400.  Once the AS/400 is once again seen as part of our corporate
> web strategy _then_ I can make the case that we should perhaps spend the
> time/money to investigate other tools (such as Java) in areas where they
> make sense.
> 
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