The product was maintained and promoted by Mr. Rothman and Dr. Giovanni B. Perotti[2] of IBM Italy, who have added enhancements, documentation and code samples to the package.
[3] Because the product is written in RPG ILE and comes with complete source, end users have also been able to contribute enhancements to the package and modify it for their specific requirements.
In addition to Perotti and Rothman, CGIDEV2 has been enhanced, promoted, or discussed in detail by Brian May, Jon Paris, Susan Gantner, and Brad Stone.
This permits an iSeries programmer to continue to use all of the familiar tools and techniques that they are accustomed to as they develop interactive programs for the web.
This separation of the HTML code from the CGI program promotes the efficient and consistent development and subsequent maintenance of enterprise scale business applications.