Re: TRYING undestanding new AS Iserv

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Scott,


> Client/Server apps are non-interactive.  I know there are tools that put a
> GUI on green screen apps but I don't know for sure if the workload is then
> non-interactive, I would assume so but just not certain.  And your right,
if

The "screen-scraping" utilities that you're referring to do not change the
nature of the workload on the AS/400. They remain interactive jobs as far as
the AS/400 is concerned.

This is yet another reason why screen scrapers are bad for the AS/400
market. In addition to producing horrible GUI's, they increase the price of
the application software considerably. Not only are you paying a (often
steep!) per seat license for the GUI painter, but you also get nailed by IBM
for interactive feature charges.

Regards,

John Taylor
Canada




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