Re: One other thing: Does anybody know who this "TeamRochester" outfit is . . .

On 2/16/06, Craig Pelkie <craig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Al, et al:
>
> The e-mail message sent from "Team Rochester" (Rochester Initiative,
> www.Lab400.com) is for the training course that I developed, "Develop
> Microsoft .NET Applications for the iSeries". A few weeks ago, you contacted
> Rochester Initiative at their office and asked for a return call. I did call
> your office and left my personal number. I have not heard back from you, but
> I understand that you are busy.
>
> The content of the e-mail clearly explained the offer. It is a training
> course, nothing more and nothing less. The title of the course is indicative
> of what is offered: "...for the iSeries". Not "Develop Microsoft .NET
> Applications so you can get rid of your iSeries".
>
> I've found the Microsoft development environments and tooling to be
> excellent products that have enabled many companies, including IBM, to
> enhance their iSeries offerings. I agree that web and GUI interfaces are not
> a good fit for some applications, but also maintain that 5250 is not
> suitable for some of the newer types of applications that fulfill real
> business requirements.

I second this.  MSFT makes great programming languages. And you dont
need to buy anything to start writing .NET GUI front ends to your i5
applications. Just download the .NET framework SDK, use a text editor
to write the c# code, then compile it with the CSC command line
compiler.

-Steve