Re: Holding off recommending Node.JS for now

[Bradley Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

.net in PASE running on an IBM i....

Maybe what we need is RPG in DOS running on a Chromebook!  :)

Sorry, couldn't resist.


On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 12:22 PM, Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> Sad to say, I agree with you. However, I'm cautiously optimistic that IBM
> will port ASP.NET 5 to PASE.
>
> First, if IBM supports ASP.NET 5 in its Bluemix cloud, it has a greater
> opportunity to sell cloud services. This is already happening. You can
> already develop ASP.NET 5 applications on IBM's Bluemix cloud (
> https://developer.ibm.com/bluemix/2015/05/18/getting-started-asp-net-5-bluemix/).
> This hopefully breaks any ice that might prevent IBM from porting ASP.NET
> 5 to the IBM i.
>
> Second, if IBM supports ASP.NET 5 in the IBM i PASE environment, it would
> give IBM a greater opportunity to sell IBM i servers to .NET shops. It may
> also maintain extisting IBM i shops. A number of shops run both the IBM i
> and Windows servers. If ASP.NET 5 ran in PASE, then growing commitment to
> .NET development would no longer mean switching from IBM i to Windows.
> These shops could view the IBM i as an integral part of the .NET
> environment.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Kelly Cookson
> IT Project Leader
> Dot Foods, Inc.
> 1.217.773.4486 ext. 12676
> kcookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx