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Allow me to put the "interactive tax" into perspective. The 5250 data stream is the most cost effective platform for interactive programming in the world. IBM wants everybody to go to client/server because green screen is boring. However, there is nothing GUI about accounts payable, accounts receivable or general ledger. I have a client that was using an AS/400 model 620 to generate printed reports, for which traders would execute trades (through another interface). They decided to scrap the 400 application, and they set about a search for the most cost effective programming Well guess what they found, the AS/400! They developed a new set of software which allowed the trades to be generated through interactive jobs. They had upgraded the 620 to a 720 for more horsepower, with an interactive card at 120, and the system collapsed underneath the interactive load. They called us in to help determine which interactive card they should go to (the choices were 240 or 560). They were concerned about the cost of the interactive card. After I determined that this $1M application paid for itself every four days, they picked the 560 interactive card. Al Al Barsa, Jr. Barsa Consulting Group, LLC 400>390 914-251-1234 914-251-9406 fax http://www.barsaconsulting.com http://www.taatool.com "James W. Kilgore" <eMail@James-W-Kilg To: midrange-l@midrange.com ore.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: Re: Changed to: Interactive Tax midrange-l-admin@mi drange.com 12/28/01 02:09 PM Please respond to midrange-l Adam, The "interactive tax" is a phrase used by folks that don't understand economics and how that economics plays into a vendors pricing schedule. It boils down to a user having two choices: 1) spend money in software development to abandon the 5250 data stream and change to a client/server model 2) spend money on a "feature" to stay with the 5250 data stream In either option the user spends money. With option #2, IBM gets that money. Therefore, some consider option #2 a "tax". What gets some peoples goat is that the 5250 data stream was created for the S/3x series of machines and changing to a client/server model will require more labor to do the same job that was done with 5250. More than likely that "client" is going to be a Windows based machine and we've been spoiled for so long by the lack of problems with "green screen" 5250 that we just don't want to go there. Instead of getting over it and moving on, some would rather pout and whine and call the cost of stagnation a "tax". I've been trying to think of some non computer related story to tell that might put it into perspective and the only one that I have personal experience with is kind of lame, but here goes: I used to own three vehicles that required 92->95 octane, with lead, fuel to operate. When the states changed to unleaded fuel I had a choice to make. Pay money to convert the engines to run on unleaded fuel -or- every time I bought a tank of gas, also buy a lead additive. (or add a little 105 octane airplane fuel <g>) I could have labeled that additive as a "tax" to keep things the way they always were. After all, the additive comes from the same company that sold the unleaded, and abandoned leaded, fuel. So each time I bought the additive, I got something more. I got bitching rights. I'm over it now. I still have one vehicle that used the high octane leaded fuel, but I had the engine converted. Now, instead of bitching, I just sigh and remember when. > | -----Original Message----- > | From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com > | [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Adam Lang > | Sent: Friday, December 28, 2001 11:12 AM > | To: midrange-l@midrange.com > | Subject: Re: Changed to: Interactive Tax > | > | > | Can someone just give me a quick synopsis of this Interactive Tax always > | being brought up? > | _______________________________________________ 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.
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