Re: Android Development for the IBM i

Well said Glenn.

Of course the future is in the hands of the young. If one's mind is 'Closed'
then ones way forward is equally as closed (not that I am suggesting for one
minute that anyone on this list has a closed mind you understand). There are
100's of thousands of apps out there and these apps weren't all written by
'script kiddies', i.e. there are many very clever people out there doing it
right now! IOS or Android.

P.S. less of the boomers bit please...

Maurice

I wouldn't say 'never'. As soon as the boomers get out of the way, some
of us X's and Y's are going to be running those businesses. We're just
biding our time. :-)

Glenn

On 1/3/2012 9:07 AM, Jim Oberholtzer wrote:

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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