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

[Mark Phippard <MarkP@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 06/20/2005 11:00:52 AM:

> >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

Given that all of the items you site are "applications" built on top of 
JSP and WebSphere, I am fairly confused as to why you see this as IBM not 
having a direction?  In my opinion, these applications all reinforce the 
technical direction.  They provide varying degress of quick migration 
built on top of the same technology that you could potentially rewrite 
your apps to fully migrate to.  They also offer the possibility of reusing 
bits and pieces within custom WebSphere apps.  For example, if you are 
writing a WebSphere (J2EE) app and have a need to provide access to 
something like spooled files in the browser, you do not have to write that 
yourself.  Instead, you can leverage iSeries Acess for Web, just as your 
5250 app leveraged WRKSPLF.

Of course, other than only needing 1 server architecture  vs. 2, there is 
nothing to stop you from reusing those same bits just as well from an ASP 
.NET app.  Given the problem a lot of people seem to be having learning 
just one of these server architectures, that is probably not 
insignificant.

Mark


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