Re: V6R1 Info

[James Lampert <jamesl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Lukas Beeler wrote:

> How many of these shops were 'forward-thinking'? i.E. abandoned 5250
> or planning to do so in short or mid-term, used current software
> technology, etc.?
>
> I know many System i developers that cling to 5250 and their Twinax
> screens. . . .

I still use real terminals because I have yet to see anything better. 
Lots of things that are slicker, glitzier maybe, but nothing better. And 
I'm too damn busy, and too damn poor, to retire!

I've said this before, and I'll say it again: had IBM not abandoned 
development on the 5250 data stream after the 3489 (and had they 
maintained the docs and development tools to allow one to write to even 
the 3487-level enhancements, instead of barely keeping them up to 
3477-level), today's 5250 data stream would probably have most of the 
graphical and windowing capabilities seen in X-Windows.