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glad to see you haven't lost your sense of humor <tic> why *should* RPG =
Java? using PHP does *not* require a rewrite of your RPG? if done right
you won't have to. their statements *are* lies. any software written
(even for the S/36 environment) on the system will *still* run on the IBM
i OS...
please for the sake of all sanity, don't try to defend these asinine
allegations.

Thanks,
Tommy Holden



From:
Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
To:
Midrange Systems Technical Discussion <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date:
02/06/2009 12:20 PM
Subject:
Re: HP Stimulus Package
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On Fri, Feb 6, 2009 at 12:35 PM, <Ron-Zimmerman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

It's incredible that anyone would put such a boldfaced lie in their
marketing materials!

IBM will have you upgrade your AS/400 to the newly created Power Systems
family, the merged System p and System i server lines, and totally
rewrite
your applications with their middleware product, WebSphere, which many
developers find complex and expensive.

how is it a lie? RPG has not been enhanced to include Java features
like managed code and classes ( so RPG code cant be modernized ). And
green screen apps take a lot of work to convert to the web. IBM is
actively pushing PHP, which requires a rewrite of your RPG apps. HP
is saying you can use their INFINITE software product to convert your
RPG code to something that uses the Oracle database in place of DB2
and the browser instead of client access.

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