Re: Green screen - it's time is over

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

JT,

I agree, to a point.  It's nice to use new technologies, but
for most shops running As/400, green screens are and will
continue to be for some time the client of choice for
internal business applications.

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Tue, 13 Nov 2001 13:04:05 -0500
 "jt" <jt@ee.net> wrote:
> uh... Bruce,
>
> Some other folks (Rob Dixon, Nathan, Brad...) on this
> list are probably too
> much of a gentleman.  I'm not, so I'm not gonna let that
> statement stand
> without comment.
>
> Joe may have expressed it more succinctly.  Be he is
> HARDLY the ONLY one to
> hold this, and similar, views.
>
> jt
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
> > [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of
> Bruce Barrett
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 12:09 PM
> > To: midrange-l@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Green screen - it's time is over
> >
> >
> > >The truth is that the AS/400, now spelled iSeries, is
> still the best
> > >business platform available.  But its uniqueness no
> longer
> > resides in that
> > >wonderful integrated 24x80 window that we grew up
> with.
> > Instead, it lies in
> > >the ability to write powerful applications in
> languages with tight
> > >integration to its incredible database.  Personally, I
> think
> > IBM's direction
> > >of pushing everything to SQL is ludicrous, but it is
> silly for
> > me to whine
> > >about SQL.  Instead, I need to embrace it as best I
> can and work
> > it into a
> > >realistic development environment.
> >
> > Joe,
> >
> > You are the only person in all of the list that seems
> to have
> > seen the light.  See bolded.
> >
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Bradley V. Stone
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