RE: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

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[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of bvining
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:44 AM
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Subject: Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

Vern,

Like you I typically refrain from reacting to ridiculous comments, but this
claim of Steve's is so outlandish I have to wonder if someone has broken
into his e-mail account. I hope that David notices the post from "Steve"
and checks whether the originating e-mail address should be treated as spam
in the future. I certainly see no reason for such advertising to be
forwarded on to the mailing list.

Bruce

----- Original Message -----
From: "Vern Hamberg" <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 12, 2009 7:12 AM
Subject: Re: open source IBM i. was Re: From RGP to ¿Java ?

I usually refrain from reacting to this kind of comment - but to suggest
that the IBM labs "...no longer exists..." is just ridiculous.
Especially to the people I will be seeing in the next 2 days at these
purportedly fictional labs!!!

Off to IBM!
Vern

Steve Richter wrote:

On Mon, May 11, 2009 at 11:02 PM, M. Lazarus <mlazarus@xxxxxxxx> wrote:

James,

See inline:

At 5/11/09 11:38 AM, you wrote:

I guess I need to understand what you mean by "native". I don't think
something that only runs on Windows or only runs on Linux is a viable
solution these days. I would think that would be up to the developer
what OS
to develop the GUI for.

The client can theoretically be any platform. By "native" I mean
that the languages and API's will directly support sending the
commands and maybe even the content of the GUI. A simple approach
could be some DDS extensions, accessible via an extension to the
EXFMT keyword. But I don't want to get into the implementation
now. I just believe that folks in the IBM labs have the smarts to
implement this, if IBM chooses to allow it.

Mark,

Where is IBM labs located? I suspect it no longer exists. Only by
being open sourced will IBM i ( call it "open i" ) get the
improvements it needs like remote desktop, managed code and a native
web server. My boycott of anything IBM continues until mgmt does right
by its legacy customers.

-Steve

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