• The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
Menu
  • The Four Hundred
  • Subscribe
  • Media Kit
  • Contributors
  • About Us
  • Contact
  • To My Dearest IBM i . . .

    February 9, 2022 Visual LANSA

     

    Very rarely do hardware and software stay together for so long…

    Hardware finds newer, younger, more trendy software….

    The trendiest software jumps to the best hardware….

    But every so often…

    The best hardware and software stay together for a lifetime!

     

    To My Dearest IBM i:

    As Valentine’s Day approaches, I wanted to profess my love and gratitude to you. Although we have spent over 30 Valentine’s Days together, I didn’t want this one to pass us by without acknowledging the special place you hold in my heart.

    I have watched you blossom from a young aspiring server to the most powerful business machine in the world. I always knew you could be the best, I believed in you all those decades ago and look at you now. My dream was for us to always be together, through all the new hardware and software trends, and here we are. Stronger together than ever.

    We have both aged well. While we are not spring chickens anymore, we are not any less capable and we are definitely not, as the kids say, legacy. Dare I say we haven’t even reached our full potential together yet? You with your most powerful chipsets and superior memory management. Me with my ever-expanding hybrid low-code development approach. We are a match made by more than science and technology, but by the love of developers and business decision makers.

    I remember years ago when we were both starting our journey together. I had this wild concept of a central repository and making coding easier, you were solely focused on crunching numbers better than anyone. You didn’t care about how the new servers were trying to be everything to everyone. You knew who you were, and I stood right with you believing in your vision and data-first approach. Our only focus was helping businesses be more efficient and competitive. And through our ever-strengthening bond, we are still doing the exact same thing today.

    While I don’t know what the future holds for us, I do know that new programming languages will come and go, tried and true old languages will fade away, and I will always still be here for you. Ready to unlock all your untapped potential. No one can create apps with you as I can. We make each other better. We have a bond that no other installed piece of software can touch.

    I love you IBM i, now and forever!

    Sincerely,

    Visual LANSA

    P.S. This Valentine’s Day, give your IBM i the gift of modernization. Discover how Visual LANSA enables users to achieve modern enterprise app development with a scalable framework uniquely optimized for IBM i. And don’t forget to request a 60-day trial!

    This content was sponsored by LANSA.

    RELATED STORIES

    Transferring Low Code Benefits Into The IBM i

    Visual LANSA Customers Can Now ‘Portalize’ Their Apps

    Idera Bolsters Visual LANSA 15

    LANSA Revs Low-Code, UI Modernization Tools

    LANSA Bought By Software Conglomerate Idera

    Visual LANSA Goes Low-Code With High Tech Update

    LANSA Shows Off Responsive Design Capabilities

    LANSA Adds jQuery to Visual LANSA

    Visual LANSA Apps Now Deploy to Mobile Devices

    LANSA Turns aXes into IBM i Cloud Enabler

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    Tags: Tags: IBM i, LANSA, low code, Visual LANSA

    Sponsored by
    OCEAN User Group

    OCEAN TechCon25 Online

    It’s an Exciting Time for IBM i !

    July 16 & 17, 2025 – ONLINE

    Two virtual days of learning, presented by an outstanding group of IBM’ers and IBM Champions, featuring leading-edge topics.

    FREE for OCEAN members!

    Register NOW!

    Annual (12-month) Individual OCEAN Memberships are $80 and a Corporate Membership is $250. A Corporate Membership would allow your entire company to have full access to the OCEAN website & video library and to attend OCEAN events at member rates. Act now because rates are increasing on August 1, 2025.

    Share this:

    • Reddit
    • Facebook
    • LinkedIn
    • Twitter
    • Email

    SrinSoft CEO Ram Hari’s Long Road on IBM i Marketplace Study Shows How IBM i Language Use Evolves

    One thought on “To My Dearest IBM i . . .”

    • ft says:
      February 9, 2022 at 10:51 am

      Just bring a NATIVE standard GUI and graphic terminal and tools to AS400!!! i’m tired of those “modernization” tools… too many… too much fragmentation in knowhow…. just bring a decent GUI supported by IBM!! WAKE UP and please itjungle bring up the issue!!!

      Reply

    Leave a Reply Cancel reply

TFH Volume: 32 Issue: 10

This Issue Sponsored By

  • Maxava
  • LANSA
  • WorksRight Software
  • Computer Keyes
  • Raz-Lee Security

Table of Contents

  • Marketplace Study Shows How IBM i Language Use Evolves
  • To My Dearest IBM i . . .
  • SrinSoft CEO Ram Hari’s Long Road on IBM i
  • Four Hundred Monitor, February 9
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 24, Number 6

Content archive

  • The Four Hundred
  • Four Hundred Stuff
  • Four Hundred Guru

Recent Posts

  • With Power11, Power Systems “Go To Eleven”
  • With Subscription Price, IBM i P20 And P30 Tiers Get Bigger Bundles
  • Izzi Buys CNX, Eyes Valence Port To System Z
  • IBM i Shops “Attacking” Security Concerns, Study Shows
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 26
  • Liam Allan Shares What’s Coming Next With Code For IBM i
  • From Stable To Scalable: Visual LANSA 16 Powers IBM i Growth – Launching July 8
  • VS Code Will Be The Heart Of The Modern IBM i Platform
  • The AS/400: A 37-Year-Old Dog That Loves To Learn New Tricks
  • IBM i PTF Guide, Volume 27, Number 25

Subscribe

To get news from IT Jungle sent to your inbox every week, subscribe to our newsletter.

Pages

  • About Us
  • Contact
  • Contributors
  • Four Hundred Monitor
  • IBM i PTF Guide
  • Media Kit
  • Subscribe

Search

Copyright © 2025 IT Jungle