RE: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: Walden H. Leverich
> 
> Um, ok, if you say so. Ever see the datacenter page?
>
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsserver2003/evaluation/overview/datacente
> r.mspx

I have no intention of running 64-way Itanium servers that cost as much
or more than an iSeries.  I'm talking about servers that pass the
"cheaper than an iSeries" test.


> >And if it weren't for the monopolistic stranglehold Windows
> >currently has, I'd recommend against it for security reasons alone.
> 
> Name one, just one, properly configured Windows server 2003 box that's
> had a virus. MS can't. And you'll have to look long and hard for a
> comprimized Windows 2003 server box, if it was properly configured.
Has
> the platform had its problems in the past, sure, but that doesn't mean
> it sucks today.

Dude, you really need to take a chill pill.  I was talking about
desktops.  I have no use for Windows as a server. I think I've made that
clear.  As to "properly configured", what percentage of Windows servers
out there today are "properly configured", do you think?


> >As for the APIs, the move from 16 to 32-bit was about as painful as
you
> could get.
> 
> Actually not as painful as the move to 64-bit RISC if you didn't have
> observable programs.

Oh bull.  All you needed was the source, a quick recompile and you're
done.  Walden, you are losing your credibility.  There was no parallel
fix on Windows.


> Well, ok, maybe that painful. And how painful is
> the stupid 16Meg allocation limit we have on the iSeries? We're just
now
> getting reasonable terraspace-enabled support.

Who cares?  How often do you run up against teraspace limitations?  I
have programmed for 30 years, and NEVER ONCE needed a teraspace pointer.
Straws, dude, you are grasping at straws.

Joe