Re: iSeries Access for Web

["Guillermo Andrades (CPI Software)" <andrades@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Nathan, you've resumed very well the situation in a few paragraphs.
Really the best resume I've seen.
This is really our main worry about the future of the iSeries pattform

Saludos/Regards,
Guillermo


> We hear the same complaint from our customers.  Department heads and
> casual users want a GUI point-and-click interface, while data-entry people
> want to hold on to the 5250 interface.
>
> But iSeries Access for the Web has the same problem that all
> screen-scrapping and 5250 conversion programs have.  The user interface
> remains essentially the same, while performance goes down and hardware
> requirements to up.
>
> Data entry people get mad because performance is worse.  Casual users get
> mad because their favorite GUI features weren't implemented.  The CFO gets
> mad because the IT department is asking for new equipment.  iSeries ISVs get
> mad because they keep loosing market share to Wintel platforms.
>
> ISVs eventually "try" to migrate their products to .Net, only to learn
> after huge development efforts and costs that .Net has unanticipated
> architectural, security, performance, and other types of  issues, which
> hardly arise under a 5250 paradigm.
>
> But with a little smoke an mirrors they figure they can pass it on to
> their customers, until the customer begins seeing parallels between .Net and
> their experience with thick-client architectures of the 90's, which were a
> pain to manage.
>
> Nathan.