RE: Modernising the AS/400

["Bale, Dan" <DBale@xxxxxxxx>]

Nelson,

2) Is this the "pure" Java vs. Microsoft Java battle that's been in the news
that you're talking about?  Somewhat related, it was my understanding that
there will always be platform-specific ... umm ... what do they call them...
libraries(?).  Normal Java applications will be able to remain "pure" for
WO-RA, but that changes once you start getting into system-level functions,
hence the platform-specific libraries.  Am I wrong about that?

Also, how does Linux play into the picture?  Linux is an OS, Java is an
application language.

- Dan Bale

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Nelson C. Smith [SMTP:ncsmith@gate.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 9:09 PM
> To:   RPG400-L@midrange.com
> Subject:      Re: Modernising the AS/400
> 
> Two reasons:
> 
> 1.) IBM is so committed to it that they will probably get the performance
> issues worked out and everyone else won't, and
> 
> 2.) From what I read in non-IBM journals, JAVA seems to already be
> starting
> to fragment into many "house flavors".  That's probably the kiss of death.
> The rest of the world is already moving on the next cure-all buzzword,
> Linux, and I see all the same claims being made about it that they were
> making about JAVA two years ago.
> 
> Nothing factual here, of course, just that uneazy feeling that we've been
> here before.
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bale, Dan" <DBale@lear.com>
> To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2000 10:04 AM
> Subject: RE: Modernising the AS/400
> 
> 
> > Nelson,
> >
> > > On JAVA, I have a feeling it will be a ... failure in the rest of the
> > world and we will
> > > once again have our own little language that no one else uses.
> >
> > That is a bit surprising to hear.  Why do you think that?
> >
> > - Dan Bale
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