Re: cost estimate for a GUI pilot

[Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx>]

<<2. Using existing RPG code? >>
 <<   I think yes. If we're to re-invent the wheel why do it on IBM i? >>

I guess my question would be why not on the IBM i? It is a ultra stable
platform capable of running hundreds of different tasks simultaneously
without a problem.

It is the only Single Level Store system in the world and a system built
from the ground up for business data processing.It was not built to play
games or to run scientific programs. It was built to run business
applications and do so securely.

It has a built in database that is ultra stable and high performance. When
is the last time you had corrupted database table or index on the IBM i?

I could go on and on. Why abandon something as strong as the IBM i? I think
the only problem is personnel. If people are not willing to advance to
modern programming that is a problem.

Reinventing the wheel to do the same thing again in monolith is a waste of
time.

On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Gad Miron <gadmiron@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thank you all guys !!!
>
> Aaron, Raul, Brad, Jack, Jim, Paul, Alan, Henrik, Nathan ......
>
> Your inputs are all enlightening.
>
> I sure have my hands full now. (to a greater degree then planed , I must
> admit)
>
> Sketching up by broad brush strokes:
>
> 1. By GUI I also mean a Browser user interface.
> 2. Using existing RPG code?
>     I think yes. If we're to re-invent the wheel why do it on IBM i?
> 3. Modernizing existing code? Separating logic from display?
>     sure, if there is an easy way to do it.
> 4. Bringing in new talent or let our current programmers do it?
>     this issue will be decided by higher echelons (my boss and his bosses)
> 5. What tool(s) / framework(s) to use? (is it the 64K$ question or the
> 1000K$ one?)
>     since there seems to be a plethora of such, I'd start with those that
> conform
>     to point 2 and support Bidi , support Hebrew and have local support in
> Israel
>
> I sure appreciate all your inputs (including future ones)
>
> Gad
>
> Kind regards
> Gad
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