RE: Java vs .NET was: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

>And the direction changes completely every four or five years.

Really. OK, in fairness there have been 2 directions in the history of
MS. First was ASP, the second was ASP.NET. Are there other "options"
like ISAPI? Sure, but MS is very clear that these exist to do things
that are not supported or easy in ASP or ASP.NET. ISAPI doesn't exist to
write your business application.

>Where are you getting your numbers about the
>number of companies running their business on SQL Server? 

Who said anything about SQLServer? Not me. And yes, I'd bet there are
more installs of SQLServer than OS/400. But I was referring to Windows
in general. Is you data in DB2/400? MS says "use ASP.NET" Is your data
in Oracle? MS says "use ASP.NET" Is your data in SQLServer? MS says "use
ASP.NET" Is your data in MySQL? MS says "use ASP.NET". See a pattern?
Oh, and want a Web Service? Guess what, MS says, "use ASP.NET".

>There is a single, official way to get to the web on the iSeries: JSP
on
>WebSphere.

OK. Then why is IBM spending money on HATS? On WebFacing? On iSeries
Access for the Web? And if these aren't "official" directions, then why
is IBM paying to send their people to user groups to teach about using
them? IBM, please, cut the crap and provide some direction. 

-Walden

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