RE: RPG.NET

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Steve Richter
> 
> In such a setting, .NET and the
> iSeries is far superior to java and the iSeries.

If .NET had an equivalent package to IBM's Java Toolbox, you might be
able to say .NET has similar capabilites.  But the toolbox allows a
greater interaction between a JVM and the iSeries than any other
technique.  Add to that the fact that any code you write in Java can
then be used as a component in a web application running servlets and
JavaServer Pages, and Java is still a better bang for the buck.  Throw
in WDSci and the WebSphere Test Environment, and Microsoft still has a
little way to go as far as a development framework.

On the other hand, given the large amount of VB knowledge out there,
thick client applications have a leg up in the .NET environment.
However, as far as I've been able to tell over the last few years, thick
client development is losing mindshare to browser-based applications.

So my position right now is that for web applications, the JVM is still
the place to be, while if you're developing a Windows thick client, .NET
has a lot to offer.

Joe