CGIDEV2 - Nice to see vendors hopping all over this..

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I was forwarded a newsletter from an ISV selling consulting
services for Java Servlets.. they've obviously already
jumping all over this CGIDEV2 issue judging by how they're
already bending the truth over backwards, confusing
customers, etc...

Some experpts:

Quote: "IBM drops CGI support and leaves you with 2
options"

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This was the title of their email.  IBM hasn't dropped CGI
support.  They've dropped CGIDEV2 support.  There is a HUGE
difference here.  

IBM dropping support doesn't mean CGIDEV2 will quit
working.   It won't.  I have many customers still using it
with zero issues for years.

Talk about shady practices... is this a newsletter, or the
Enquirer?
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Quote: "If this is truly the case, and IBM is purposely
dropping support of CGIDEV2, and you currently use CGI,
you?re going to need to address this issue one way or
another. You can either:

Be Reactive: Kick and scream, beat your chest and send
letters to IBM asking them to continue their support, as
the letter suggests. 

Or... 

Be Proactive: Move to Java servlets and remedy the above
issue, with total portability."

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Again in the first line they try to confuse CGIDEV2 with
CGI.  As if IBM weren't supporting CGI programming any more
at all (that would mean straight CGI, an any toolkit out
there.  Even others that aren't pure RPG, but use front
ends to create RPG CGI in the background).

Then they use Giovanni's plea to the community as a
"negative" calling it "kicking and screaming."  This is
sad.  Giovanni and Mel did the platform a great service
with CGIDEV2, and now an ISV using this in a twisted manner
to sell services.

Finally, do any ISVs really try to sell Java based soley on
"portability" any more?  Much less "total portability"?  I
hope they're ready to teach RPG programmers how to write
java servlets with "total portability" in mind.  :)  I
guess that would be a lot more hours of training, though.
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Quote:
"Our latest v5R3 iSeries began confusing our CGI
applications and making them unreliable. "

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Confusing our CGI applications?  What does that mean?  To
me, or anyone else that understands how these things work
it would tell me they either need to:

1.  Call for PTFs
2.  Brush up on your HTTP configuration skills

There was more...  but I found these things most
interesting.  

If you have to confuse and/or lie to sell products and
services...  well...  I'll just leave the moral dilema up
to each of you.  

Brad
www.bvstools.com