Re: .NET with System i5

[Pete Hall <pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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Just curious Richard. Why do you say the least covered? As in column
inches? Seems like the defacto standard these days to me, and actually a
(cough) pretty good job by the axis of evil.

Pete Hall
pbhall@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
http://pbhall.us


Richard Schoen wrote:
> Time to shorten the topic on this one.. Whew...
>
> My staff and I use ASP.Net RPG Smart Pages, Java and Genexus. 
>
> We use the right tool for the right job.  
>
> Can't always use the old RPG hammer for everything, even though we still
> love to swing the hammer regularly :-)
>
> Also even though I do love the .Net technology, it's not the only game
> in town.  
>
> It's just the least covered game in town, so it needs some equal
> representation in the media and at the user conferences. 
>
> Regards,
> Richard Schoen
> RJS Software Systems Inc. 
> "Get the information you need. Now!"
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>
> -----Original Message-----
> ------------------------------
>
> message: 7
> date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 09:07:22 -0500
> from: "albartell" <albartell@xxxxxxxxx>
> subject: RE: .NET with System i5 - where to draw the line was->RE:
> 	NogivinguponSystem i (was: I'm about to give up)
>
> The thing I struggle with in this approach is now you have spread your
> IT
> department into areas that make it more complex to maintain home-grown
> software.  You now have business logic in two locations for the same
> application.  If a helpdesk ticket gets created for a bug, it will most
> likely always involve two people to address the issues (i.e. a .NET and
> RPG
> programmer) vs. just one.  Obviously this wouldn't be a problem if
> everyone
> in your shop knew .NET and RPG well - but I find that personality a rare
> breed.
>
> Just to clarify, I am all for modernization of existing apps.  Each of
> us
> are responsible for calculating risk of approaches and long term ROI.
> If
> .NET has been factored in as an acceptable medium to attain modern apps
> then
> I assume the cost to do so has been digested and agreed upon by the
> general
> IT personnel. 
>
> With that said, I get the feeling your approach is an easy way, today,
> to
> address your business needs.  I think having business logic in two
> different
> languages and platforms will eventually cause some fallout and you will
> modify your approach to keep it in one or the other (i.e. in .NET or
> RPG).
>
> I agree that .NET and/or Java needs to play a role in today's
> modernization
> strategy (talking desktop), but I disagree with where you have placed
> portions of your application.  But I think we could debate that all day,
> and
> I don't have all day, so I will just leave it at that :-)
>
> On the web side, I can't see why people would go ASP.NET instead of
> purchasing a package like Profound Logic's RPGsp which is 100% RPG _and_
> it
> has wizards to get you up and running fast.  The cost of the product
> could
> be paid for in months vs. the cost of having to entertain two knowledge
> sets
> in one shop.  Note that I am not completely biased towards RPGsp, it is
> simply the only one I have seen that is 100% RPG and doesn't require you
> to
> learn a new language (i.e. like Genexus).
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
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