RE: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence

I feel strongly both ways.

Bruce "Hoss" Collins
IBM Certified Specialist - eServer i5 iSeries System Administrator V5R3
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:midrange-l-
> bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Tom Jedrzejewicz
> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2006 11:23 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Re: The Perpetual Myth of iSeries Obsolescence
> 
> On 5/3/06, Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Not to contest what you write, Trevor, but the use of a mouse and a
> > calendar to select a date can be done fairly easily on a 5250
session.
> >
> > http://tinyurl.com/j88yk
> >
> > I believe we are part of the problem of the attitude towards the
System
> > i because we refuse to introduce the newer techniques that are
available
> > to us.  For some reason we equate the mouse with evilness, sloth,
and
> > bad practices.
> >
> > Does a Mankind have but one style of hammer?
> 
> Sure enough!  It is certainly possible to make green screen apps more
> friendly, intuitive and error resistant by improving the UI.  But you
> may be the only person doing it ?-)
> 
> I believe that one reason IBM gave up on 5250 is that we (RPG
> developers) simply refused to use the enhancements and improve the
> usability of our apps.  Since the overall marketplace is demanding the
> ability to create friendly, easy to use apps, IBM moved another
> direction.
> 
> --
> Tom Jedrzejewicz
> tomjedrz@xxxxxxxxx
> 
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