Re: webfacing and competing products

["trevor perry" <trevorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

I was being facetious.

Trevor

----- Original Message ----- 

> > From: trevor perry
> >
> > I say, give that pig some wings - and at least let it ~look~ like it is
> > flying!
>
> This is the worst advice anyone could give our industry.  Encouraging
> companies to spend money on band aid solutions is as irresponsible an act
as
> I can imagine.
>
> We need real movement, real solutions.  We need a new interface based on
> open standards.  We need breathing room to open our applications up.  We
> need to be able to apply a consistent look and feel between legacy
> applications on the iSeries and applications written from scratch for the
> web.
>
> Let the pig "look" like it's flying?  I hate to be the guy standing
> underneath.  And meanwhile the guy selling pigs' wings has a pocketful of
> money and is on the lookout for another unsuspecting pig.
>
> Joe