Re: Tierred pricing (was Tiger tools...)

Joe Pluta wrote:
>
> It's got nothing to do with sweat, Brad, but with architecture.  PSC400
> rewrites your programs to remove the 5250 I/O and replace it with a browser
> interface, the same as if you rewrote your program to use e-RPG or any other
> client/server technique.  My tool actually goes in and modifies the source
> code, replacing 5250 I/O with calls to a browser API.
>
> This is the direction IBM seems to want us to move: to a client/server
> architecture where batch programs use the browser as the primary interface.
> Let's be VERY clear on this: revitalization is an architectural approach,
> not a hack.  PSC400 doesn't trick the operating system into thinking that
> 5250 I/O is not 5250 I/O; it actually rewrites your programs to use true
> client/server techniques.  The only way that my technique could be penalized
> by the interactive tax is if IBM changed the definition of either batch
> programs or servlets to be interactive programs.

So anytime someone hits the 5250 side, IBM penalizes the job
performance? Strange.

What level are you modifying the code at? RPG Source code?
COBOL? or at the MI level?
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