RE: Say Hello to IBM System i5!

[Glenn Ericson <Glenn-Ericson@xxxxxxx>]

Joe
Is PSC/400 a product of plutabrothers ?

At 06:04 PM 2/2/2006, Joe Pluta wrote:
> You're missing my point.  Even PSC/400, which because of its design has more
> functionality available than any other solution, really needs some creative
> techniques to do simple conversions.  For example, creating a subfile with
> action codes requires at the very least a way to send all the available
> action codes, and this is outside the realm of the screen scraper.  This
> sort of metadata needs to be sent either ahead of the screen or with the
> screen.  Ahead of the screen means a non-zero footprint on the client, while
> sending data with the screen means somehow extending the 5250 data stream.
>
> Yes, there are good solutions WITHIN THE CONSTRAINTS of the 5250 data
> stream, but those constraints cripple all but the most advanced techniques.
>
> And finally, even though we have engineered solutions to these problems,
> we're still not the answer.  We're closer than anyone else, I think, but we
> still don't seamlessly integrate with the application generators and until
> that happens, you won't have a truly productive legacy integration and
> extension environment.
>
> Joe
>
> > From: Trevor Perry
> >
> > Without being obtuse, I did say "IBM needs to find ~the~ solution that
> > they
> > will offer". I maintain that WDHT is the ~one~ that they will offer. I did
> > not comment on its capabilities or functionality. I am less worried that
> > IBM
> > does not have the ~best~ solution out there - just that they stick to ONE.
> > I
> > think this opens the competition up, and to disagree with you, I think
> > there
> > are some good solutions out there - from programming to dynamic refacing.
> >
> > I do agree with you Joe - that IBM needs better tools. But while they
> > don't
> > give them to us, you and your competitors have a market!
>
>
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