Re: Moving to Mac

[richard@xxxxxxxxxxx]

For what it's worth, I purchased a iBook recently for cross platform 
development testing and found the Mac to be quite fun to use. 

1.) Emulation: Runs 5250 (Check out Mochasoft or the Sourceforge Java 5250 
emulator.)

2.) Email: Several mail clients available including Lotus Notes.

3.) Office suites: Open Office or MS Office. 

4.) iMovie - Very easy to create your own videos clips. 

5.) Runs Tomcat Web Server as well as Apache. 

6.) Have not tried the Linux Websphere Developer yet to see if it works 
there, but will be soon. 

7.) Supports file sharing via Windows networking or FTP. 

8.) Supports VPN connections and wireless. 

I think that the Mac can potentially be a good way to go if you plan to 
learn Linux because it's actually running a Unix/Linux OS variant. I don't 
remember exactly which variant it is. 

That being said, I probably won't make the Mac my primary development 
machine because most of the mainstream tools I use are still written for 
Windows. 

However I do find myself smiling each time I get a chance to work with it. 
 

Ultimately if you're going to do multiplatform development it's a must to 
include both Linux PC's and Macs in the mix for complete OS and browser 
testing. 

Hope this helps. 

Regards,
Richard Schoen
RJS Software Systems Inc. 
"Your Complete iSeries and PC Solution Provider"
Email: richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Web Site: http://www.rjssoftware.com
Tel: (952) 898-3038
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-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jeffrey Lee
Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 2004 8:48 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Moving to Mac 

I am moving over to a Mac platform for my laptop and I need a Client 
Access 
replacement. It must allow me to work with files as navigator does, as 
well 
as the terminal. If anyone knows or could recomend some software please 
let 
me know.

Thanks,
Jeffrey Lee