RE: Free OS/400

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Anyone try  solutions  like
Jacada  Vs  Webfacing?

At 06:06 PM 07/06/2001 -0500, Jim Damato wrote:
> What exactly are you looking for in a
> migration path?  Client server and web
> software architecture is so different and so much more complex than
> traditional AS/400 programming.  It's like writing a book and
> expecting your
> word processor to provide a migration path to a movie.  It's so easy
> to
> blame IBM, but the expectations are so unrealistic.
>
> The migration path is the same as it is for any other platform -- pick
> from
> this week's most prominent emerging technologies and learn them.
>
> -Jim
>
> James Damato
> Manager - Technical Administration
> Dollar General Corporation
> <mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim W
> [mailto:jimw2001@hotmail.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:21 PM
> To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> Subject: RE: Free OS/400
>
>
> Ahh, but by not GIVING us the decent migration path, they are forcing us
> to 
> come up with that also.  Seems like IBM has found a new way to lower
> its R&D
>
> costs - which does benefit the bottom line! ;-)
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
> Reply-To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Subject: RE: Free OS/400
> Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2001 12:14:43 -0500
>
> 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.
> ---------
>
> 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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Glenn
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