Re: WebSmart... -- WEB400

Eric,
I agree that CGI with RPG IV is a better choice than Java for iSeries
development. I do know that mrc also generates everything (RPG IV, Java, AJAX,
JSP, CGI RPG, etc.) whatever the customer wants. 
I don't want to get into a feature comparison, I know your stuff is very cool as
well and used by thousands of customers. 


-Bob Cozzi
www.RPGxTools.com
RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.

-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Jim Franz
Sent: Tuesday, May 23, 2006 7:05 PM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] WebSmart...

> Maybe I got that acquisition wrong.
> There is RPGsp (RPG smart pages) which is by Profoundlogic (the RPG-Alive
> person).
> Then there's Rsp (RPG server pages) which is by the folks at ProData (the 
> DBU
> people).
> Neither sight nor the BCDSoftware.com site mentions an acquisition. 
> Perhaps the
> person who mentioned this to me was mistaken.

(i am posting this reply for Eric Figura, who asked to respond to Bob's 
statements. I am not associated with BCD, only that I have a customer where 
I use their software, as well as RPG).
Bob,
I don't know where you received the misinformation in your post about BCD / 
WebSmart purchasing RPG ServerPages or RPGSP. I am not aware of either of 
them being for sale, however, we have not purchased either company or 
product.

Regarding the part of your post about the vendor you have experience with, 
MRC, one specific difference is MRC generates Java while WebSmart generates 
either ILE RPG-CGI or Java.

FWIW: People when given the choice of developing in CGI or Java, based on 
our experience, 95% of those iSeries users have selected ILE RPG-CGI. This 
is based on our experience of 1,200 iSeries sites making that choice.

Why such a big lean towards CGI?  Our experience: Numerous RPG based 
development shops find it easier to get their web applications to market, 
they're more comfortable with ILE RPG-CGI than they are with Java, they can 
preserve their existing iSeries back end system investment and they can keep 
their existing staff who know their business and systems involved in the 
development of their new web systems.  I can go on, however, I'll stop here.

Best regards,
Eric F. Figura
BCD - www.bcdsoftware.com

jim franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Cozzi" <cozzi@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'" <web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 4:44 PM
Subject: Re: [WEB400] WebSmart...


> Maybe I got that acquisition wrong.
> There is RPGsp (RPG smart pages) which is by Profoundlogic (the RPG-Alive
> person).
> Then there's Rsp (RPG server pages) which is by the folks at ProData (the 
> DBU
> people).
> Neither sight nor the BCDSoftware.com site mentions an acquisition. 
> Perhaps the
> person who mentioned this to me was mistaken.
>
>
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
> Behalf
> Of Bob Cozzi
> Sent: Monday, May 22, 2006 3:34 PM
> To: 'Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries'
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] WebSmart...
>
> I haven't used it, but I've been asking around (of their current 
> customers) and
> it seems that their RPGsp (which they recently acquired) is a much better 
> tool
> for web development.
>
> -Bob Cozzi
> www.RPGxTools.com
> RPG xTools - Enjoy programming again.