Opening up RPG on the IBM i with Open I/O

http://www.profondlogic.tv. Recently at the RPG & DB2 Summit in Minneapolis attendees received a special sneak peak look from Ian Jarman into IBM’s upcoming releases for the i 6.1.1 and 7.1. Among the many interesting new capabilities and features Ian talked about that day, he briefly addressed a new feature that really got me and many others in the IBM i community excited. This feature, aptly named RPG Open I/O, provides a new method for developers to utilize RPG. Scheduled to be released with the i 7.1 later in Q1 of 2010, this open I/O access would potentially provide vendors, developers, and anyone else in the IBM i community with an easier way to interface with various devices and platforms directly from native RPG operations. Open I/O has even been suggested as a path to finally achieving a truly native GUI interface for the IBM i. So in today’s video, I share the latest information and details we currently know about this exciting new feature. We will also be joined by Philip Roestamadji, Marketing Director at Profound Logic, who will share some of his take on this upcoming open I/O feature. Plus, we will share a few details regarding our work on new solutions to take advantage of this feature, and provide a special beta invitation to all the viewers here on Profound Logic TV. Brought to you by Profound Logic TV, Educational Videos for the IBM i (iSeries / System i / AS400) Professional.