Gil, I think in this context, the "new and nifty" and "PC-weenie" comments were based on the fact that in the eyes of most non-mainframers, these things are "new and nifty" despite the fact that they have been common-place in CICS and IMS applications for almost 40 years. Similar to the contempt many mainframers feel when listening to VMWare talk about virtualization like it is a new concept that they invented, despite the fact that it has been around since the mid 60's. On the subject of web data entry, the one that always gets me is the fact that both the STATE and the ZIPCODE are required. How hard would it be to look up the state based on the zip code? Also, it annoys me that (I have done this on occasion) the sites don't validate the combination of state and zip code. Especially since the drop-downs aren't always in the same order, depending if is built with the state postal abbreviation, or with the state name.
Wayne Driscoll Product Developer NOTE: All opinions are strictly my own. -----Original Message----- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Gilmartin Sent: Sunday, May 11, 2008 10:18 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Mainframe programming vs the Web On Sun, 11 May 2008 20:52:44 -0600, Steve Comstock wrote: >John McKown wrote: >> >> (1) for learning and (2) to prove it could be done with z/OS. So many PC >> Weenies preen with pride thinking that z/OS cannot do anything "new and >> nifty". Wrong. > >Wrong indeed. Good on you. > But note how many dinos preen with pride their overt contempt of the "new and nifty" for hardly better reason than their (mis-)perception that it bears the indelible taint of the "PC Weenies". Bad on them. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
