RE: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

Wouldn't it be ironic to see Larry Ellison come in and purchase the
Rochester product line?

Paul Nelson
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From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim
Oberholtzer
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:45 AM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

Wait!!!! I thought IBM i (AS/400, iSeries, System i) is a closed and
proprietary system!!! Say it ain't so......

More seriously when you combine the APIs that are opened up along with
Nathan's list below it makes quite an Open argument.

I wonder when IBM HQ is going to wake up and realize what they have. They
won't: the reason, it will drive sales and profits. (Partly at the expense
of the mainframe/MVS which is the real reason)

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Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


-----Original Message-----
From: MIDRANGE-L [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
Nathan Andelin
Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2014 8:19 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: IBM announces new language environment - Node.js for i

Link to the announcement:

http://ibm.co/1EoKAcU

"Node.js is a platform built on Google Chrome JavaScriptT run time for
server-side and networking applications. It is enabled on IBM i and shipped
as part of the licensed program 5770-DG1. Besides the core functions of
node.js, IBM i node.js also offers extensions to operate DB2 for i and gain
access to native IBM i objects such as programs, commands, data queues, data
areas, spool files, user spaces, jobs, system values, environment values,
and more."

Node.js is especially known for its support for I/O streaming, whether that
be the local file system, sockets, creating lightweight HTTP servers and
HTTP clients, encryption, zip and unzip, and other string handling.

How many language environments does that make?

1. ILE (RPG, Cobol, C, CL, REXX).
2. SQL & SQL DDL.
3. Java.
4. PHP.
5. Python.
6. Power Ruby and Rails.
7. Node.js
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