Re: midrange modernization tour question

[Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 6/14/05, Jim Franz <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > What has to be said is that IBM has decided to no longer compete in
> > the Windows centric network sector.   If you run a business and are
> > chosing a software application, you chose one that runs on Linux/AIX
> > or you chose the one that runs on Windows.   If you program web sites,
> > you either program in asp.net or you work in PHP.  Your in one camp or
> > the other.  IBM has decided to be in the Linux/AIX camp.   Which camp
> > your iSeries resides in makes all the difference in whether you
> > migrate your apps to .NET or have nothing to do with it.
> 
> Did it ever occur to you that IBM is (thru many channels) speaking to many
> communities within the iSeries.
> We just got major CL enhancements.
> We are still getting major RPGLE enhancements.

.NET programmers are getting generics and a major new release of
ASP.NET in November 2005.   RPG is getting a few new %bifs.  There is
no comparison.

> IBM has added non Websphere tools (like Websmart) to the Official Roadmap.

to run on your Linux apps?

> We still have net.data.
> We have cgi & sockets tools available.
> PHP coming (or is it here already).

for the Linux side of things.

> For years (long ago) we complained bitterly about not being able to talk to
> other technologies.

I would not call it complaining ... more like critical encouragment. :)

By the end of this year MS will be at the start of another 5 year
product cycle.  64 bit windows, .NET 2.0.  Bill Gates gave a demo at
the recent WinHec of sql server 2005 running on 64 bit w2k3.  In a
side by side demo of the current sql server and the soon to be release
version, the new version ran 4x faster.

I am sure IBM and Linux and AIX are seeing similar improvements in the
systems they are focused on.  By the end of this year PHP will be
integrated with java running in Linux partitions on the iSeries.    
But RPG and native green screen iSeries applications will stay the
same. As per IBM's statement of direction.

-Steve


> Stop complaining when IBM makes the platform more integrated!
> btw - iSeries Network speaks for their paid advertisers and the writers who
> contribute. DUH !!
> jim franz
> 
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