RE: RPG,COBOL or JAVA

[mcrump@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

<The BIG package vendors are moving
<to Java.   It won't be the inhouse developed apps that Roger was speaking
of
<when he said "40% will be Java"  It will be the bought'n packages in a few
<years that will be Java.

Even those that aren't on the AS/400 are making the move.  We've had two
different vendors in with NT/Unix applications that are moving from C++ to
Java.  For them it's an easy port and easy skills transition..........

 <New people AIN'T learning RPG,  NO ONE wants Green anymore, PERIOD.
<Whether GUI is better or not, it's an extraneous argument.

Very, very true.  I kept tight lipped during the GUI discussion but stronly
agree it is now a truly extraneous argument.  GUI is winning and will
probably continue to do so.  Forget whether it should or not, look at what
people want and expect.....

<What you develop in house and what language you use will NOT affect what
<the commercial software companies will develop new apps in.  It WILL be
<Java most likely.

Transitioning your skills to Java is a very good idea.  Java is not the
ultimate goal but OO, GUI, SQL, etc. is.  In a few years there will be
something else to learn but some of these skills will last much longer.
Again it is not a case of which is better.






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