Re: NT vs AS/400

["David Bulog" <d2ba@xxxxxxxxxx>]

John
Is it up to ADO 2.5 standards?
Dave
----- Original Message -----
From: John Taylor <john.taylor@telusplanet.net>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 9:01 AM
Subject: Re: NT vs AS/400


>
> It didn't die. It lives on as CA/Express Toolkit, and I use it regularily.
> It just hasn't seen the same level of development resources since IBM
> switched their focus to Java. The V5R1 release of CA/Express (finally)
> brings it up to the current OLEDB level.
>
> I think it's important that IBM continues to enhance the toolkit
themselves,
> instead of relying upon third-party vendors. After all, the competition
(MS,
> Oracle, DB2/Universal) all provide a driver for their DB's.
>
> John Taylor
> Canada
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "John Hall" <jhall@hillmgt.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, June 04, 2001 09:36
> Subject: Re: NT vs AS/400
>
>
> > The reason project lightning died is that there were other well
> > established products that did the same thing.  IBM decided it could also
> > make some money in that area but it couldn't catch up.
> >
> > Check out www.missystesm.com  ACE/400
> > or
> > www.systemobjects.com  Delphi/400, JACi400, ActiveObjects/400 (Visual
> > Basic) ...
> >
> > I am sure there are others too.
> >
> > IBM should have dumped the money into marketing the other products
> > instead of trying to compete with them.
> >
> > IMHO these products are great ways to integrate the AS400 into the PC
> > world.  They let you write in C++, Visual Basic, Delphi, Java etc. on
> > the PC side while giving you record level access on the 400 side.  You
> > can write any processing you want to on the 400 side in SQL, CL, RPGIV
> > etc.  Only minor changes are needed to switch a program from using an MS
> > SQL Server to an OS400 Server.
> >
> > John Hall
>
>
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