Re: Android Development for the IBM i

And I was musing at the fact that we are simultaneously repeating history in two directions:

1) Service Bureau's are back as "The Cloud"
2) Client Server is back as mobile applications on small devices!

Centralize...decentralize...centralize...decentralize...Oh hell, why not do both at the same time!!! After all, we are a lot smarter now, aren't we?

The more things change, the more they stay the same!

Happy New year, all!!!

Mike
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From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Oberholtzer
Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2012 8:07 AM
To: Web Enabling the AS400 / iSeries
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Android Development for the IBM i

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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