Re: Costco still on IBM i?

I see many situations where many complain about not having the budget to change the interface of the programs

Is it really a complaint? Or just a factual statement? That makes a huge difference.

Where I work it's a fact. They asked IBM for a package to migrate, IBM suggested they modernize their code. They sort of started to, but in my opinion (& not jsut me) they didn't strategize well, and a year or two into just modernizing program by program as requests for modification or fixes came along, they sought out a NON-IBM-i vendor and got a discount in exchange for helping the vendor develop a module for this industry.

So, fact. (What Marco said.) And not just Marco. Remember that IBM itself is pushing and nudging us toward GUI, so the IBM gurus are gently cajoling us in that direction. They hae already sunsetted changes to 5250.

Again, the discussion revolves back to GUI or text. I again state: Use the right tool for the job.
Bottom line: It depends. As always. :-)

And I have a bottom line for you. You can program almost any GUI to look enough like a 5250 screen to make it easy for users to transition without almost no learning curve at all. BUT you get all the future benefit. And the younger users coming into the user base will love you for it.

--Alan