Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

[Tom Liotta <qsrvbas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pete Helgren wrote:

> Since IBM did such a GREAT job on integrating all these things as you 
> have well outlined, why did they NOT integrate the GUI ?

I have no idea what this means. How do you 'integrate the GUI' on 
any large multi-user system?

I mean, do you add a GPU each time you add a user? Or buy a new 
monitor/keyboard/mouse to plug into a kind of "brick" with an 
Ethernet port leading back to the System i, like a net-station? Or 
the 5292 graphics workstation? Or X-windows? Or Java RAWT (NAWT, 
whatever) which was actually available almost from the beginning but 
who out there clamoring for GUI ever worked through using it? Or use 
any browser (which hardly seems "integrated")?

Or do we mean that i5/OS should somehow automatically manipulate 
Windows GUI elements? Linux desktop GUI elements? Or GUI elements on 
any new desktop OS that gets released next month?

I suspect that there's isn't anything resembling a clearly 
understood and widely accepted definition of what "integrate the 
GUI" means. How about starting with some basic requirements?

Tom Liotta