RE: Green screen to GUI

To be fair, California Software is not the only vendor who offers
customers a migration option from the iSeries.  There are many that are
NOT part of the Midrange Alliance, such as ASC and Databorough, which do
offer this. California Software does offer a UI modernization tool like
many other vendors.

As an aside, in 2004 Microsoft instituted a new product life-cycle
policy that extends support for Microsoft products to a **minimum** of
10 years.  This means there are millions of VB developers happily coding
in VB6 with support.  This applies to ALL Microsoft products.

 
David deLisi 
Microsoft Corporation
 

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Shannon O'Donnell
Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2005 1:46 PM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI

Thanks Joe.  I appreciate your point of view and info on this.  Nice to
get all sides of the argument.

-----Original Message-----
    From: "Joe Pluta"<joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Sent: 9/22/05 2:55:23 PM
    To: "'Midrange Systems Technical
Discussion'"<midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
    Subject: RE: Green screen to GUI
    
    > From: David Delisi
    > 
    > As you may be aware of, Microsoft, in conjunction with a number of
    > solutions from iSeries ISVs, launched the Midrange Alliance
Program
    > (www.microsoft.com\midrange) to show organizations how to use .NET
    > technology in conjunction with an iSeries server.
    
    Let's be clear on this.  The MAP was not intended to be about
    integrating WITH the iSeries, it was about REPLACING the iSeries.
    That's why one of your charter members is California Software.  So
    whenever you talk about integration, you're really only telling a
small
    portion of the story.
    
    Spin aside, VB is fine for DSS, but then again so are Python and
Perl
    and any number of other languages.  In fact, when it comes to
scripting
    data presentation, there are literally hundreds of approaches, many
of
    which do not require being locked into proprietary Microsoft
technology.
    As just a couple of excellent open source examples, JSP Model II is
    quite powerful, or if you want to go thick client you can use the
    Eclipse RCP technology.
    
    Again, VB is fine for displaying data, provided you're willing to
lock
    into Microsoft.  As has been pointed out, however, Microsoft's track
    record in preserving programming investment has been quite poor, as
has
    been their ability to deliver their code in a timely manner. 
    
    Joe
    
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