Re: iSeries Misconceptions

If you consider COBOL to be viable, the RPG is unquestionably viable.

Al

Al Barsa, Jr.
Barsa Consulting Group, LLC

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914-251-1234
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http://www.barsaconsulting.com
http://www.taatool.com





                                                                                
                                         
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COBOL is a viable language.
The question was about RPG.

From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> Good news and bad news...
>
> I have a legacy 400 user, with applications written in COBOL in the
> financial industry.
>
> They're previous application generated written reports, to which the
> traders reacted and made trades.
>
> They wanted to move the app to real time, and conducted a search for the
> most cost effective platform to a new interactive application.  The
> solution was AS/400 green screen.  They didn't care about GUI.  They
wrote
> the entire app in COBOL green screen.  Ultimately it cost over $1M to
> write.  The ROI calculation as off badly.  The ROI was 4 days!!!!!
>
> They refuse to be used as a reference account!  They consider the
existence
> of the application to be a corporate secret, and any competitor who would
> get this info to be a competitive pressure.
>
> Al


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