More on .NET and the mainframe

Further to my .NET on the mainframe post on 5th April - those of you interested more in using .NET as a development enviroment to create Mainframe based web services (SOA) , rather than actually run .NET on the mainframe, should have a quick read of Bernie Domanski's zJournal article from June 2005 which explores this in some detail. He looks at .NET and other vendors offerings - including of course IBM Websphere.

Bernie is a man who talks sense! here is the article's conclusion -

"The mainframe remains vibrant. What’s changing are the development environments and the variety of robust integration strategies. Today, these are centralizing around Web Services technologies. Gradually, developers and vendors alike will be forced to adopt a more fluid SOA approach. What won’t change is the pivotal role of the mainframe. " Bernie Domanski - zJournal June 2005

Common sense in spades!

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Also - Read my full article on SOA and the Mainframe

William Hoffman
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