Using JAVA for core business logic - Good/Bad?

[<Rick.Chevalier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After checking the archives I didn't find what I was looking for to answer a question I have.  Maybe my search was bad as I know the use of JAVA has been discussed a lot on the list.

I am looking for opinions/reasons, with supporting information, on the use of JAVA to write business logic instead of RPG on the iSeries.  The impetus for this request is that our architecture group is suggesting that we write any new business logic in JAVA for portability reasons.  Keep our current application code in RPG, just the new stuff.  That's what I have been able to ascertain to this point.  I know it's not much.  The general corporate direction is to move to an SOA architecture with and enterprise service bus (?) handling the service calls between applications.

In know a lot of people out there either use or have experimented with using JAVA on the iSeries.  What are your thoughts about doing this?

Rick Chevalier 
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