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To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (21607)	3/28/2000 1:30:00 PM
From: Mathemagician	Respond to of 54805

RE: INTF -- Computer Associates' Opal sounds to me like screen scraping. This is not what INTF does. INTF operates directly on data streams. IBM's Host Integration products use L2i technology to do what Opal does, and more. The best place to find more info about this is IBM's site. www-4.ibm.com One key thing to remember about INTF that differentiates it from others is that they are an enabler (through Document Server) as well as an application (through MyCopy and eBill Bridge). M

To: Mike 2.0 who wrote (21607)	3/28/2000 1:56:00 PM
From: Dinesh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 54805

Mike2 I don't think it takes an arm and leg to build a wrapper for accessing a legacy 3270 app. CA's Opal is robust enough. I think you were looking for "user friendly". That is harder to quantify, and best guessed only after using it for some time. Is it vital ? I wonder. In this light, INTF is on a very shaky ground. POA does not automatically equate to a "de facto standard". Furthermore, CTXS will probably be eating their lunch soon. I have some CA leaps that were FOM when I bought them. So I don't quite think of them as WMX but I understand your point. Regards Dinesh