Re: iSeries revenue plummets

On Nov 20, 2007 12:53 PM, Lukas Beeler <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

And making printed output look good on the System i is very, very
difficult. I still have several PMRs open related to creating and
using color overlays for printing.

Since when? Show me a color overlay you want, show me what printer
you want it on,
and show me what system you want it done in. I don't care if it's an
iSeries, an RS/6000, or
a graphing calculator.... unless you're talking about something
seriously outlandish, and beyond
the simple-minded comprehension skills of my 26 year old mind.

I know a guy that has to create postscript code in the program itself,
in order to get halfway decent output.

Dear God. Seriously. You make it sound like he's coding it in assembly.

Of course one can just drop all the System i printing stuff, and just
send PDFs generated using Java down to the Client's browser. But then
again, he could run the same Java Stuff on Windows or Linux, with no
disadvantages whatsoever, and the advantage of having faster, better
supported and less expensive systems.

There are no limitations in iSeries boxes which cannot be overcome. The only
limitations are in the programmers which sit in front of them.