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Funny that the _NEW_ industry
buzzword is "trusted server" -- foregoing the
standard "firewall" for a
system that can stand up for itself (including this
years' "Hack
Challenge"). Given that this years' system is from IBM, one can
only
speculate that the system in question is the "never been hacked"
AS/400...
Dean Asmussen
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Agreed, so why is it that AS400 managers (several) have told me
they
don't think serving AS400 data off their system
is a good idea.
The typical first web app is some sort of order
inquiry or order
entry. I would be more scared of another non-400
server database
access to the 400, than a controlled
thru-the-http-server access
on the 400. Replication would work, but then, why
not replicate
to a another 400 (and not have to add the
new skill sets/personnel) to
the shop to run non-400 web server. I think
Rochester has walked
away from the mid to low end of the
400 market, where there is
not already an NT programming (not just
operations)staff, and
only going for the big shops with
WebSphere.
I have talked to several of the web gurus brought
in to do a web site
and not a single one (including recommended by
IBM) have understood
real-time database transaction
processing.
imho - the 400 webserver is not hard to set up (yet many think it
is).
There are several good sources for "free" code for e-rpg, and
several
good tools for rapid development, not having to learn the harder
parts
of cgi. There are several sources with links to successful e-rpg
sites.
jim
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> > I've never ever seen a help wanted ad "Wanted: Web Developer.
Must be
> > fluent in RPG." That is sad reality.
>
I think the biggest reason for this, is that many AS400 managers
(not
knowing
how or what to do in a web project) are more than willing
to farm it out.
Several
years ago, IBM (and others) were begging
people not to put their 400 on the
web, with security being the biggest
reason. Yeah - let's put some other,
more easily
hacked system out
there! And IBM and others had the unix/nt solutions to
sell...
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