Re: iSeries Misconceptions

[John Rockwell <midson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

IBM has an interesting take on this.  When adding solutions to their Global
Solutions Directory there's a place to note the software language in the
'Hardware and Software' section.  I see C, COBOL, PL/1, XL Fortran, etc.. etc..
but no RPG.  A minor oversight?

Leif Svalgaard wrote:

> it is not me that thinks that COBOL is viable, but the marketplace.
> Certainly the customer you were referring to does.
>
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> From: <barsa@barsaconsulting.com>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Monday, August 06, 2001 3:55 AM
> Subject: Re: iSeries Misconceptions
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> > If you consider COBOL to be viable, the RPG is unquestionably viable.
> >
> > Al
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> > Al Barsa, Jr.
> > Barsa Consulting Group, LLC
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> >                     "Leif Svalgaard"
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> >                     08/05/01 10:26 PM
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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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