Re: Code donations for RPGUI initiative

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Aaron Bartell wrote:
> In the end I want to create something that keeps people on the IBM i using a
> framework that is more simple to use than the others I have used in other
> environments (i.e. JSF, PHP).  This year I have heard of many shops leaving
> the IBM i because they don't have a reality based modernization path -
> everything out there leads them away from the IBMi: EGL, Java, PHP, .NET.  I
> am not looking to start a language war, but instead see what we can create
> as a community that is fully intentioned to keep RPG programmers in RPG -
> giving shops the most ROI.  But the key is that the framework needs to be
> open source and free (free as in beer and I need to see if GPL v3 works for
> free as in "usage liberty" concerning ISV needs).  I was hoping Niels from
> IceBreak would have an update on that framework becoming open sourced
> because that would negate my efforts, but I haven't been able to turn
> anything up in my searches that it was in fact open sourced (last
> collaborations on midrange lists is from late 2008).
>   
I don't want to get into language was, either, but what's wrong with EGL 
for the browser?  You can't create a decent Web 2.0 application without 
JavaScript, and EGL generates JavaScript.  The tool, including the 
debugger and all the good stuff, is free.  You use the JavaScript to 
call RPG programs served by Apache, and everybody is happy, no?

Joe