Re: Looking for like-minded programmers who use the enhanced features of 5250

I don't think it would make a difference. Our modern users who sneer at 5250 aren't going to change there minds if we add buttons and scrollbars. "Lipstick on a pig"? They'd be more likely to say "bandaid on a corpse".



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From: Booth Martin <booth@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 23, 2018 4:28 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: Looking for like-minded programmers who use the enhanced features of 5250

This I totally agree with excepting at one point: There is a schism in
the programming community. Two very strong and large camps: one is the
group of programmers, like you, who are comfortable with all the new
stuff, and I am in full support of that; may I say, even a tad bit
jealous of how easy it is for you guys.

However there is the other camp , also very large, of programmers in
shops that are green screen and going to remain in green screen; shops
that are stuck at V5R4, shops that are in the 8th year of their 90-day
transition to a "modern" solution, shops where the staff is sharply
divided between The Ancients and The Young Un's. These shops, for
whatever reason, are staying with 5250 and, by default, still
programming like it's 1992.

In my opinion there is a significant niche for providing 5250
applications that are 21st Century. That seems to me to be a space that
is being ignored. No question that it's not a huge niche. Still, I
believe it is a significant niche.