Re: Adoption of RPG OA

[Vern Hamberg <vhamberg@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Sam

There are 3 vendors of 5250 modernization tools that have handlers -

http://www.looksoftware.com/products/deployment/lookserver-open-access.aspx
http://www.profoundui.com/
http://www.asna.com/en/Products/Wings

ASNA is the most recent, so I can't speak to who is using their Wings 
handler - there's a 2-page add in March systemiNews. I've seen 
testimonials on the Profound Logic site, similarly on looksoftware's site.

I have a complete handler for DISK files. It still needs some testing 
but does it all.

Adoption is a tough sell - one licensing issue is worse, I think, than 
the pricing - it is not a keyed product, therefore, it can't be acquired 
with the 70-day trial. I've had one of our customers say that this is a 
no-go situation, because they want to try a product or technology on 
their own systems. We can provide an LPAR for them to work on, but it's 
not THEIRS.

The 3 vendors above each have different solutions to this problem. I can 
say that IBM is looking very closely at this and working on making a 
trial available.

It does seem slow. But we see Larry Ducie here doing his own work, as 
well as Peter Clifford in these lists. We shall see, right?

Vern

On 3/10/2011 8:49 PM, Lennon_s_j@xxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
> RPG OA came out with a bang a year ago, and several vendors announced
> tools, some of which looked very good.  But it seems to have been
> relatively quiet since.  (Not to disparage articles by several people on
> the list and discussions here...)
>
> But has there been any adoption of RPG OA and the 3rd party vendor
> handlers and tools?  Is there a market developing that will sustain the
> vendors?  Anyone actually using a 3rd party handler, or even installed
> one for evaluation?
>
> Sam