Re: IBM i 7.6 Development tools

Hello Buck,

Am 18.04.2025 um 14:40 schrieb Buck Calabro <kc2hiz@xxxxxxxxx>:

Put aside your developmental bias and remember what we do isn't for our
sake or use.

I challenge the reader to find a job offer for a company migrating/converting to 5250. I think the market has made a decision about what is worth paying for.

"Converting to 5250" is probably a bit far fetched. But writing a new application for 5250 — to complement an existing thing — instead of web is probably not that far fetched.

"The Market" is IMHO not a coherent entity, thus there is no coherent decision. Decision makers are those who want to make money, and… influence what the latest and most sought after hype cycle thing is now current. Through interviews, press releases, advertisements and probably lobbying. How often have we been told to get from centralized computing to individual "intelligent" workstations, and back? And each single time, it was laden with sweet promises and again migration costs.

In addition, I feel the IBM i community at large — with exceptions — is constantly annoyed by people seeing a green screen and laughing at them because of old fashioned computing. But using that one as sole justification to spend money into "modernization" is IMHO a waste of money. Ask those who must endure working with the system. Ask your users. They should decide. Not "the market", not the boss, and especially not those who have heard "AS/400" 30 years ago the last time. Sometimes the results might be surprising.

:wq! PoC