Re: Android Development for the IBM i

[Jim Oberholtzer <midrangel@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Funny, as I read Joe's post and Pete's reply I could not help but think 
of the things that were said about AS/400 and OS/400 back in the day.  
Same tune, different company.  While I am not a big fan of the way Apple 
has rolled out its products from a developers perspective, it is now up 
to the corporate customer base to demand the types of APIs that have 
built into IBM i  over time.   The GenX and GenY crowd will never demand 
them since all they care about is finding a restaurant, texting, and 
exposing their lives and secrets to the world at any chance.  Real 
business will have to demand them.

That's primarily why I carry an Android based phone, although Google has 
some learning to do too.

Jim Oberholtzer
Chief Technical Architect
Agile Technology Architects


On 1/2/2012 7:47 PM, Pete Helgren wrote:
> Nicely said, Joe.  Choosing where to leverage your strengths is a
> survival skill in this business.  I have bet wrong a couple of times but
> since 2001 learning Java has had the greatest positive impact on my
> ability to stay afloat financially as a solo developer.
>
> Pete Helgren
> Value Added Software, Inc
> www.petesworkshop.com
> GIAC Secure Software Programmer-Java
>
>
> On 1/2/2012 5:06 PM, Joe Pluta wrote:
> > >  But if it comes down to having to learn individual languages and
> > >  platforms to support different platforms, I'll gladly support Android
> > >  and drop support for iPhone.  Android: open platform, open language
> > >  (Java), open API.  iPhone: closed platform, closed hardware, closed
> > >  language, closed API.  Not a tough decision.
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