RE: One other thing: Does anybody know who this "TeamRochester"outfit is . . .

You can check out some case studies on www.microsoft.com\midrange which
shows you different approaches for interoperability and application
modernization which does not require WebSphere and showcases third party
solutions and service.  One of the surprises in the last six months is
the number of customers augmenting their iSeries using SQL Server 2005
BI tools which are part of the database engine.  

 
 
David deLisi
Microsoft

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Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2006 7:09 AM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: One other thing: Does anybody know who this
"TeamRochester"outfit is . . .

On 2/16/06, Craig Pelkie <craig@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Al, et al:
>
> The e-mail message sent from "Team Rochester" (Rochester Initiative,
> www.Lab400.com) is for the training course that I developed, "Develop
> Microsoft .NET Applications for the iSeries". A few weeks ago, you
contacted
> Rochester Initiative at their office and asked for a return call. I
did call
> your office and left my personal number. I have not heard back from
you, but
> I understand that you are busy.
>
> The content of the e-mail clearly explained the offer. It is a
training
> course, nothing more and nothing less. The title of the course is
indicative
> of what is offered: "...for the iSeries". Not "Develop Microsoft .NET
> Applications so you can get rid of your iSeries".
>
> I've found the Microsoft development environments and tooling to be
> excellent products that have enabled many companies, including IBM, to
> enhance their iSeries offerings. I agree that web and GUI interfaces
are not
> a good fit for some applications, but also maintain that 5250 is not
> suitable for some of the newer types of applications that fulfill real
> business requirements.

I second this.  MSFT makes great programming languages. And you dont
need to buy anything to start writing .NET GUI front ends to your i5
applications. Just download the .NET framework SDK, use a text editor
to write the c# code, then compile it with the CSC command line
compiler.

-Steve