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Well said Reeve >From: "Reeve Fritchman" <reeve@ltl400.com> >Reply-To: midrange-l@midrange.com >To: <midrange-l@midrange.com> >Subject: CFINT/IBM's failure to provide AD tools >Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2001 20:09:23 -0500 > >You offer interesting ideas. However, as a software vendor, I'm not >completely free to choose the "best" tools; our customers might not agree >with our choices and usually are resistant to buying additional supporting >applications. So we stick with a meat-and-potatoes environment where >green-screen is extremely effective and stable (lots of remote >locations)...and we don't have the resources to support dabbling. We're >extremely focused on the business requirements of our application and find >that challenging enough. > >Having working in the midrange environment since the days of the System/3, >I'm used to having IBM provide a decent development environment. After >all, >it is a source of revenue and it could help IBM focus customers on certain >technologies, but IBM's green-screen world hasn't been a very interesting >target for 3rd party AD tools developers. With the iSeries becoming a >server, a wide range of 3rd party tools becomes available for working in >the >server world. We hear about the "integrated" nature of the iSeries; why >are >compilers and AD tools are developed by a non-Rochester-owned division? I >think IBM's missing a monster opportunity for revenue growth and customer >management by failing to coordinate hardware, OS/400, and AD tools. >WDT/400 >is "free"? Who cares? I'll pay thousands for the right tools; I just >can't >find them (after this post hits, I'll bet they find me). > >If IBM wants us into the server environment (okay, they do), they can lead >(AD tools) or push (CFINT). There are a number of vendors with report >writers, AD tools, green-to-GUI utilities, etc., and it looks like there's >plenty of room in the marketplace. I remain disappointed that IBM lags so >far behind; IBM should have had a complete suite of killer tools ready to >go >the day they announced the IFS. > >Sorry, this is a sore point for me...I'll get off my soapbox now. > >-----Original Message----- >From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com >[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On >Behalf Of Jim Damato >Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 6:54 PM >To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' >Subject: RE: Tiger Tools > > > Reeve: > >The whole CFINT thing comes back to IBM's failure to provide the >Application > >Development tools necessary to move out of the 5250 environment. > >I don't really understand this. Moving out of the 5250 environment means >moving out of the mini-computer or baby-mainframe terminal based >environment >and using the AS/400 as a server. The architecture changes to >client-server, n-tier or web-based design. If I implement a Unix server >with an Oracle database I'm not necessarily depending on my Unix provider >or >Oracle for Application Development tools. Development is based more on my >client, app server, or web platform of choice, and many of those >development >solutions are third-party. Right now we're dabbling in developing apps >against Oracle on HP/UX using Microsoft VB, IIS, Crystal Reports, and Toad >for database scripting. If we were developing these apps against the >AS/400 >server I might be looking at similar tools for the front end, replacing the >SQL Net client with OLE-DB or some home grown data interface modules. > >CFINT is, to me, distasteful because it overprices the 5250 environment or >underprices the server environment, and because IBM has been deliberately >deceptive about the nature of Interactive Feature. It would be >interesting, >however, to see if iSeries servers without Interactive Feature were >profitable on their own. Some of IBM's own statements suggest that legacy >customers are carrying iSeries server customers. It's like they're saying >that their statement of direction is to push the iSeries toward eventually >losing money on every sale. > >Still, I don't think you should be looking to IBM to produce the tools for >your application development. > >-Jim > >James P. Damato >Manager - Technical Administration >Dollar General Corporation ><mailto:jdamato@dollargeneral.com> >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > >_______________________________________________ >This is the Midrange Systems Technical Discussion (MIDRANGE-L) mailing list >To post a message email: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, >visit: http://lists.midrange.com/cgi-bin/listinfo/midrange-l >or email: MIDRANGE-L-request@midrange.com >Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives >at http://archive.midrange.com/midrange-l. > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp
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