Re: rpg conversion tools to java

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> My question is, what is the actual business "problem" here...

The customer (a software company itself) is meeting the usual
marketplace ignorance about iSeries. Potential customers may be
small, medium or large. This is niche "retail" software, very customized,
but basically rpg iii & iv. They are fishing for some long term ideas, and
seen advertising for ASC and other tool offerings, and asking about real
life experiences.
Other competitors are either Windows or Unix based, and customers looking
for
"replacement" software not wanting to give up their hardware. So I guess
something towards platform independence is the goal. I've also suggested
hosting the app,
and remove the requirement for the customer to buy hardware.
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "trevor perry" <trevorp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 3:29 PM
Subject: Re: rpg conversion tools to java


> My take on this is the same as most - RPG can be written so poorly that it
> is difficult to convert it to anything, let alone something as different
> from RPG as Java. And, converting to Java now may not only slow down the
> app, but require it to be rewritten into something else again in the
> future - say, RPG?
>
> My question is, what is the actual business "problem" here. Is the
customer
> asking this because there are java bigots? Or someone has convinced them
> that java is the wave of the future? Is there a business reason to go to
> Java? There are many alternatives to making an iSeries app become usable
in
> the world of web, Unix or MS...
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <MIDRANGE-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, April 11, 2003 12:40 PM
> Subject: rpg conversion tools to java
>
>
> As much as I hate language conversions, I need to ask for a customer
> if anyone has had either good or bad experiences converting rpg to java.
> This is a large corporate package and short time frame.
> jim
>
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