RE: Free OS/400

I don't think that a decent migration path is even possible.  The folks who
hacked out PowerBuilder client software in the mid-90's didn't have a
migration path when they rewrote it all for Visual Studio or Java or
whatever was next.  The rest of the world isn't waiting for their hardware
or OS provider to provide a standard interface.  Maybe that's the problem.
Most of the AS/400 world is accustomed to having their foundation supplied
by IBM.

-Jim

-----Original Message-----
From: Joe Pluta [mailto:joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com]
Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 12:15 PM
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: Free OS/400


Jim wrote:
Gee, maybe IBM had the right idea when they created the Interactive Feature
pricing structure.  By charging a small fortune for the green screen
interface maybe it will force us to start using the system as a server
instead of as a baby mainframe.
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I'd tend to agree, if only they gave us a decent migration path.  Webfacing
is a poor solution; it's really just a glorified screen-scraper.  But then
again, the concept of moving an existing program from monolithic green
screen to a true client/server design is a lot of work that can't easily be
packaged and sold, and developing a standard client/server infrastructure is
a lot of work which doesn't immediately benefit IBM's bottom line.

Joe

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