Re: IBM i GUI Frameworks

[Henrik RÃtzou <henrik.rutzou@xxxxxxxxx>]

Nathan,

would you ever consider making af 5250 application based on an emulation
over
I/O from a MFCU (multi function 96col punchcard reader/writer) ?
regadrs
Henrik
On Sat, Sep 18, 2010 at 5:50 PM, Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> > From: Joe Pluta
> > To that end, anything that extends the 5250 interface is purely tactical,
> not
> > strategic.
>
> Is this purely coincidental, or are you following the discussion on the
> AS/400
> Professionals Group on LinkedIn?  In that discussion, Stuart Milligan
> asserts
> the following:
>
> "All the emulation solutions in the world and ROA do nothing to redress
> this
> real problem. I also hear and see so called industry leaders/pundits talk
> about
> emulation/refacing as the first step in modernization. What a lot of
> nonsense,
> its a blind alley that produces nothing beyond tactical user pacification.
> Adding technology and complexity layers to these already messy and brittle
> legacy applications may have tactical benefit in some instances, but
> strategically its irresponsible. I think there is a lot of misleading so
> called
> thought leadership around on IBM i that is almost certainly contributing to
> the
> demise of the platform."
>
> I personally think that ROA has a lot of potential, but at this point I'm
> not
> sure how to respond.  His other assertions are strong, clearly stated,
> logical,
> and directed at the vendors and proponents of ROA.
>
> -Nathan.
>
>
>
>
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