In the context of .Net, if you have to spin up a Linux partition to run Mono, might as well plug in a cheap Windows server to run ASP.Net.
We have used both Windows and Linux servers as front end or back end processors for iSeries workloads for quite a few years. It works quite nicely when you have a workload that OS/400 doesn't handle well such as run Jasper Reports really fast.
Although I do have to say with the 32-bit JVM, OS/400 running Java is reaching parity when architected right.
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message: 3
date: Sat, 09 Oct 2010 09:45:06 -0500
from: Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WEB400] Microsoft .NET frontending IBM i
Thorbjoern Ravn Andersen wrote:
But, I still think Linux would be better.
I agree. The current situation works well, but just makes it easier
to run existing AIX software. For a real change to happen, more is needed.
Well, it's quiet easy to set up a Linux partition. It's no different than having a Linux machine on your network. Sure, it's not quite as convenient as being able to fire up a PASE job with an RPG call, but as long as you have a decent communications infrastructure it's just as good.
Joe
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