Re: midrange modernization tour question

["Trevor Perry" <tperry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Trevor,
Nathan,

> The problem with characterizing Joe Pluta being
> opposed to modernization [Luddite], is that he has
> been on the leading edge of technology with his PCS400
> product, which is used specifically to extend and
> modernize legacy applications.

I have never characterized Joe as being opposed to modernization. Joe 
implied that, and apparently it worked on you.
I feel he is anti-Microsoft.

> You need to decide whether you're going to spend your
> time helping Microsoft extend its monopoly from the
> desktop to the server, or to support OS/400 based
> alternatives.
I do??? What is this "need to" of which you speak?? That seems to be a 
rather narrow and biased perspective...
This choice of which you speak is not a one or the other. In some cases, it 
will include Microsoft solutions, in other cases it will not. This is what 
my posts have been about! I believe that we can support the .Net push to 
move in the right direction - which is to integrate with an infrastructure 
that includes iSeries as key to that infrastructure. That does not extend a 
monopoly - Microsoft do not have a monopoly in our world. But they are here, 
and if we allow them to work with our platform, then OUR platform will grow 
into more places.

> Promoting products and technologies that are based on
> Windows may have market appeal and promise, but
> promoting them as a way to "help" the iSeries as a
> platform, is going too far.  The net effect of what
> you're promoting is to move more applications off the
> iSeries and onto Wintel desktops and servers.
The "net effect" of what ~I~ promote is the exact opposite. I do not promote 
moving applications OFF an iSeries. I have repeated this - where is the 
disconnect? Did you attend the MMT and see me promoting migration away from 
an iSeries. Until you do - which is not in my future as of today - then you 
cannot claim I am. Joe tried, and he has not bothered to educate himself 
about what the MMT was about, either. I encourage you to go.

> Promoting .Net and products based on .Net as "good"
> for the iSeries, is just about as wrong as
> characterizing Joe Pluta as a Luddite.
It is nice for you to have that opinion. But it is just an opinion and 
neither right or wrong. Besides, I never called Joe a Luddite - he made that 
nice little transition himself.
And, what I am saying is, .Net is here, and here to stay. Whether you think 
that is "good" or not for the iSeries, I maintain that if we do not embrace 
it and find its correct place, we ~will~ lose our iSeries. If we continue to 
oppose for no reason other than "Microsoft is taking over", then we are 
misguided and narrow minded. We have a chance to find the right place for 
.Net in our world (since it is here) and use it to our advantage. Simple, 
really.

> Nathan Andelin
Trevor