Re: [Fwd: Fw: TN5250J License]

Matt and all

Thanks for the explanation.  To actually post and get messages from the 
group you will have to sign up to the list.  If not they get stuck in 
the authority queue and have to be released.  There is also an archive 
of all the past messages here: 
http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/

I am off tonight for vacation for 10 days but might be around during the 
day if there are questions.  We can pick this back up when I get back 
unless you all come to a decision before then.  I will not have any 
internet access where we are going so will not be able to check e-mails.

If I do not get a chance to check in before leaving I want to wish every 
one a Merry Christmas and a Happy New year to you and yours.

Regards

Kenneth

[email protected] wrote:

>Kenneth,
>
>I have no problem answering your questions.  Honesty is a core belief at
>Help/Systems.  And I understand the concerns of your user base.  We've used
>the TN5250J product and find it is a very nice tool. It is well written and
>very stable. In fact, many of my developers (me included) use it rather
>than IBM's Client Access.
>
>As you are aware, Help/Systems' products focus on operations automation for
>the iSeries and attached servers (a.k.a. systems management) from an
>iSeries perspective. Our customers generally use an iSeries system to run
>their business. We would like to include TN5250J with our Java GUIs as an
>ease of use feature for our customers. Providing our customers with TN5250J
>would give them the ability to start a telnet session to one of their
>iSeries systems from our GUI without requiring another application to be
>installed on their PC.  We might disable some of the more advanced features
>that TN5250J supports, just to keep it as simple as possible for our
>customers.  We put a heavy focus on simplicity and ease of use within our
>products.
>
>Does that sufficiently answer the questions?
>
>I appreciate your consideration.
>
>Regards,
>Matt Bresnan
>Software Development Manager
>Help/Systems, Inc.
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>
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>Matt
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>If you are on the list now here was a personal e-mail sent to me from one
>of the people.  I ony copied pasted a part of the e-mail as there was some
>personal info and do not want to get him/her in trouble.
>
>Could you maybe give some answers to the questions.
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>I want to open this conversation up and let everyone decide.
>
>Sorry to put you in this but all the others that I have done this too has
>backed down answering the questions in a public format.  You guys have been
>the most up front and honest so far which is why I have even considered it.
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>Regards
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>Kenneth
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>Email below:
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>Kenneth - -
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>Wow!!  No kidding!!  Help/Systems!!  MOST INTERESTING (yes I am
>shouting).
>
>Since I am only a user, not a developer on this project, my 2 cents is
>from a different perspective.  My concerns are the life of the product.
>As you know and I have said repeatedly - tn5250j rocks!  Its great!
>
>I want it to survive as an oss product.  I would understand if the
>developers needed to generate a cash flow, as sad as that would make me.
>
>Do you know what Help/Systems is up to?  Are they planning on putting
>out the 5250 emulation and trying to charge for it?  Do they want to use
>it as an oss product?
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