Re: Costco still on IBM i?

Hi Marco,

Am 25.05.2025 um 15:59 schrieb Marco Facchinetti <marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>:

Hi Daniel I understand your point but I invite you to think a little wider.
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programmers who remain anchored to that model often do not see or do not
consider because they are not part of their horizon.

As I've already written - our web team develops web-UI connected to your services. We don't use IWS - we developed an own solution for the communication between the client and the RPG program - for better or worse.

So - I'm really at home in both worlds - but I never would say that one interface it better than the other - as always, it depends.

Am 25.05.2025 um 16:25 schrieb Marco Facchinetti <marco.facchinetti@xxxxxxxxx>:

The general problem about IBM i applications is that there is a very large
codebase without the proper interface.

Well - they have a 5250 user interface - which might not be "proper" for you - but for many it's absolutely OK. That late-90s-early-2000s UI hype is mostly over - the ones who wanted web UIs have done it - the other did not.

I see many situations where many complain about not having the budget to
change the interface of the programs but they spend time and energy to
adapt the existing programs to the rules and the changing market.

Well - changing rules and regulations of the core business are a must - also strategic changes of the core business - and if the core business requests web-UI - fine, they get it. But more the often - they don't.

Changing the UI of an application must add business value for the core business. If you are an ISV - the UI is part of YOUR core business - but for a transport-logistics company, the core business is something completely different.

I don't see why they should be two different things, if you don't adapt the rules
you are out of the market and if you don't adapt the interface too.

From your ISV perspective that's right - as an ISV you might be out of the market quite quickly if you don't follow the caravan to web-UIs.

But as a company that does IT as a "utility" for its core business - you don't follow every trend - you have to develop your software aligned to the core business strategy - not following the latest hype-cycles.

Regards,
Daniel