Re: The Truth About EGL

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joe,

Your previous message stated "For my part, I will now return to simply
ignoring Trevor's posts and not cluttering up the bandwidth", yet you
decided to respond to the same thread with a new message - like we would not
be able to tell. What IS that?

Can you not keep any of your promises? You are not an IBM spokesperson, and
IBM employees have told us EGL will replace RPG. Is it not time for you to
bow out when you say you will, rather than carry on for, as history shows,
12 more messages?

Please, please, let Bob Cancilla respond to this question.

Thanks in advance for shutting up when you tell us you will shut up.
Trevor


On 12/16/07 3:10 PM, "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> In case anyone is confused about EGL and the System i, here's something Bob
> posted back in March - of 2006!  Nothing I see in there points to the demise
> of RPG.
>
> http://www.ibmsystemsmag.com/i5/march06/features/8036p3.aspx
>
> Be clear: IBM and especially the core EGL team believe that you can write
> entire applications from scratch in EGL, and that it may even be
> advantageous strategically to replace your business logic with EGL.  But
> then again, you've got people saying the same thing about SQL.  You know my
> position: use the right tool for the right job.
>
> But unlike some of the SQL zealots, or the Pure Java acolytes, the System i
> EGL team recognizes the strategic significance of not only the RPG programs
> in your shop, but the RPG programmers.  They believe that RPG business logic
> is an integral fundamental part of any System i shop, and that it's up to
> you as a business to decide whether you continue to write business logic in
> RPG or start moving it to EGL.
>
> What everybody on the EGL team agrees on is that System i shops should start
> using EGL to build the UI side of your systems, because that will allow you
> to build web applications and rich clients without having to learn a line of
> Java code.
>
> Okay, enough.  I gotta go sledding.
>
> Joe