Re: What's the latest thinking of the best twoor threewebdevelopment languages/environ...

I like that answer but will take into consideration all points of view especially for looking over the horizon but only with regard to my small app future. If we do become a development shop then I think Java would be better.

Dave

Larry Kleinman <larry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 8/8/2008 10:25 >>>

"Why would someone want to use Net.Data?" How about: it works, it's free, and it's easy to learn. Larry Kleinman Kleinman Associates, Inc. 212-949-6469 203-255-4100 Scott Klement To Sent by: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries web400-bounces@mi drange.com cc Subject 08/08/2008 12:54 Re: [WEB400] What's the latest PM thinking of the best two or threewebdevelopment languages/environ... Please respond to Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries Hi Vern, > It's a mature product - it works, it has no problems hardly at all. > It got the ability to handle Java calls when it needed to. It gets > PTFs. What's the problem here? The problem is market traction. Net.Data has never had much traction in the market. Originally, it was cross-platform, but nobody used it except on i -- so it was phased out. Even on i the number of developers interested in it are a tiny percentage of the industry. So that's the problem -- traction -- Net.Data has very little traction. Very little adoption. You can't say that about RPG or Cobol. Cobol has refused to die because there's so much software written in it. RPG is still where 70% of i developement is done.. so while RPG is small potatoes in the larger industry, it's "the king" in the System i space. Net.Data is neither. So why would someone want to use Net.Data? What advantage does it have over anything else out there? (Is "better integration with REXX" really a valid reason?) -- This is the Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries (WEB400) mailing list To post a message email: WEB400@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/web400 or email: WEB400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/web400.