RE: ibm response. Re: Tiger Tools

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Steve,

Rochester intended direction by making WebFacing run under interactive.
IBM's problem is pretty much as Chris and Don have described...

jt

> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Steve Richter
> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 2:06 PM
> To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> Subject: ibm response. Re: Tiger Tools
>
>
>
> From: "Ed Fishel" <edfishel@us.ibm.com>
> >
> > IBM plans to provide fixes across multiple releases of OS/400, re-stock
> > versions of OS/400 resident in IBM distribution libraries, and
> incorporate
> > code into future OS/400 releases. All of these efforts will be
> deployed in
> > the coming months to make adjustments to OS/400 as IBM strives
> to address
> > current and/or future  unauthorized enablement of unpaid for capacity.
> >
>
> Mr. Fishel,
>
> This is terrible news.  It reaffirms Rochester mgmt's commitment to the
> interactive tax.
>
> I think the most harmful affect of the interactive tax on our
> system is that
> it limits the marketing of the system as a telnet server.  Telnet
> connected
> devices like RF terminals, palm devices and pocket pc's offer cutting edge
> functionality to their users. Applications written to provide this
> functionality are a growth opportunity for iSeries appl vendors.
>
> Our system is an excellent platform for such applications. The tn5250 rfc
> spec is more feature rich than the telnet specs used on the windows
> platform.  5250 has dormant graphics orders capability ( the basis for
> gddm ) that rochester has decided to let wither and die. Reenabling this
> graphic order support in 5250 would enhance telnet even more.
>
> The current iSeries server models are adequate for running todays modular,
> layered computer code. A telnet application which builds screens
> on the fly,
> just as html is built at run time, is a very good interactive programming
> paradigm. To do this, the full power of the system is needed at a
> price that
> is competivie with other platforms.
>
> Steve Richter
>
>
>
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