Re: Is this really new ?

[john e <jacobus1968@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

> believe that the same crazyness could happen in
> reverse and get people back onto the AS400 IF we had a solid programming
> stack that included a graphical client.

Or maybe better yet... a graphical server


> Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2009 21:51:22 -0600
> From: aaronbartell@xxxxxxxxx
> To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [WEB400] Is this really new ?
>
> If you take out the hurdles then people start adopting on their own despite
> the efforts (or lack their of) of the owners of the technology.  This has
> become incredibly obvious to me with my recent pursuit of a GUI Linux
> Desktop - it works, it's getting more simple.  Our problem is that we still
> have hurdles and vendors are trying to address it by playing in the same
> space as everybody else vs. coming up with something that doesn't follow
> conventional thinking.
>
> Technology is making people do crazy things these days like jump from one
> platform to another simply because the UI is more natively graphical (i.e.
> AS400 to  Windows).  I believe that the same crazyness could happen in
> reverse and get people back onto the AS400 IF we had a solid programming
> stack that included a graphical client.
>
> Aaron Bartell
> http://mowyourlawn.com
>
>
> On Tue, Jan 27, 2009 at 4:21 PM, Evan Harris <spanner@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hi Aaron
> >
> > In my experience, people don't consider it bad - they consider it "not
> > mainstream" and therefore it's a risk from a professional point of view.
> >
> > Not being mainstream means it's hard/expensive to find staff, consultants
> > turn their nose up at their non-preferred technology and staff have to be
> > trained from the ground up to use it.
> >
> > Since no mainstream consultant - including IBM - is ever going to recommend
> > the IBM i (it simply doesn't generate enough consulting income) as part of
> > any new solution, managers that have never worked with the technology won't
> > recommend or support it. If they are wrong they are wrong all by
> > themselves,
> > and if they are right it doesn't pad out their CV sufficiently.
> >
> > I don't think a GUI or anything will help until IBM decide to get behind
> > the
> > machine and push it as a viable mainstream solution rather than a niche "if
> > you already have one" solution.
> >
> > I'm not holding my breath.
> >
> > Regards
> > Evan Harris
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