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Walden: I could not have said this better myself. Green screens are great for some functions, no doubt about that. But demand from users is GUI. Have you tried to sell a green screen app v. a GUI app. Pretty tough sell. The browser is the ultimate thin client and with centralized control, it is very manageable. cjg Carl J. Galgano EDI Consulting Services, Inc. 550 Kennesaw Avenue, Suite 800 Marietta, GA 30060 (770) 422-2995 - voice (419) 730-8212 - fax mailto:cgalgano@ediconsulting.com http://www.ediconsulting.com AS400 EDI, Networking, E-Commerce and Communications Consulting and Implementation http://www.icecreamovernight.com Premium Ice Cream Brands shipped Overnight FREE AS/400 Timesharing Service - http://www.ediconsulting.com/timeshare.html "You ain't gonna learn what you don't want to know" - rw -----Original Message----- From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com [mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Walden H. Leverich Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 11:12 AM To: 'midrange-l@midrange.com' Subject: RE: Web enablement options (previously private) Fritz, I think the web-browser is almost the best interface for any box, not just the iSeries. I agree that in some situations 5250 is best, mainly for heads-down data entry, but beyond that it's the web browser! It's somewhat funny, we've basically gone around in a big circle. We started with host-controlled screens like 5250, 3270 and the VT100 family. We then tried this miserable think called client/server where we pushed a ton of business logic out to the desktops. That worked great in the lab with five standard, easy to upgrade machines. But when it was pushed to the enterprise all hell broke loose. There were 27 configurations of hardware, 5 different operating system (Win31, WFW, Win95, Win98, WinNT) and deploying changes was a nightmare. You can't rollout a new .exe to everyone in two minutes. >From CS we went back to host controlled, web browsers. Sure, they're graphical and "pretty" but at the end of the day, they're host-controlled green-screens that aren't green. -Walden
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