Re: Saving the System i: Fight Rather Than Switch

["Raul A. Jager W." <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I think integrating CGIDEV whith DDM will do a nice interface.

The variables in the HTML can  take its value from the respective RPG 
variable, and put to the browser with a XTMF.

Tom Liotta wrote:

> Pete Helgren wrote:
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> > Since IBM did such a GREAT job on integrating all these things as you 
> > have well outlined, why did they NOT integrate the GUI ?
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> I have no idea what this means. How do you 'integrate the GUI' on 
> any large multi-user system?
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> 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")?
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> 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?
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> 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?
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> Tom Liotta
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