Re: [WEB400] Re: Resort back to RPG?

["Nathan M. Andelin" <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "Hans Boldt" <boldt@ca.ibm.com>
> Nathan:  Read Brad's note carefully.  Note the ridiculous statement
> that IBM is saying to use RPG for everything.  If that's not a clear
> enough indication of Brad's attempt at humor, note the smiley at the
> end of his note.  ;-)

The humor in it was the first thing I noticed.  Then I reflected more deeply
on it.

The high-level competition between IBM and Microsoft is based on a standards
vs. proprietary value proposition.  But what if the steam behind that
argument were to eventually evaporate.

Would more people resort back to RPG for things like Web development?

Or if IBM's message really takes hold, and people continue to adopt
Websphere and Java, will those applications eventually migrate to Intel
platforms?

Nathan M. Andelin
www.relational-data.com