RE: Non Java based replacement for Client Access

Larry, you’ve peaked my interest in this. I understand running ACS from a central location but with Java on the desktop. How would this work with no Java on the desktop? How much of a workload would this be on the server (CPU and Memory) for a 1000 users?

From: DrFranken<mailto:midrange@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2019 9:34 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion<mailto:midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: Non Java based replacement for Client Access

The Java does not need to be installed on the desktop. ACS will run from
the server with the JVM in the application directory. This way:

The JVM can be IBM's so you are not held hostage to the Oracle.
The JVM is always the same one for every user.
The JVM and it's controls are not ON the local PC to be 'misconfigured'
but the user.
Updates to the JVM can be laid in at the same time as ACS is updated.
One update al users.
The JVM isn't available to the user to accidentally run JAVA bits on the
desktop.

So is ACS really out?

Their used to be a vendor who constantly posted on this list that their
emulator was 'so much better' but they didn't do all the bits that CA
did. I seem to recall they may have had a file transfer utility.

Finally what about running the ACS on IBM i itself to create the
downloads there? Yes this is an option!! ACS is Java and can be be run
directly on i to execute these file transfers with the output being
placed on an IFS Directory shared to the user or to a file server for
the user to access.

- Larry "DrFranken" Bolhuis