Re: "Webulating" RPG/ programmer tools

[Bob Larkin <blarkin@xxxxxx>]

Some accounts may frown on connecting to their network. (But these may be the
ones that run TR at 4MB, because they can't figure out 16MB!<bg>). But on the
plus side, your equipment will be familiar. I prefer certain tools for things
such as documentation. If I supply my own PC, I will have these tools at my
fingertips. I have certain utilities I have developed that I install on the
customer's PC to allow me to work efficiently. With NT, I cannot load some of
these things without the administrator (5 states away & overworked) doing the
install. If I use my own equipment, I don't have these problems.

As an aside, have you noticed that a laptop lasts a lot longer, and does not
break as often, when you have to pay for it. Just got the estimate on a company
Think Pad repair. $1200 to replace the LCD! It is going to stay broke!
Bob Larkin

Kathleen Kostuck wrote:

> Now don't get me wrong, I'm not adverse to the idea of programmer's hand
> tools.  My maintenance mechanic ex-husband used to spend thousands on
> tools. I didn't argue. And when I had a chance to get a good deal on a
> Thinkpad as part of a multi purchase, I jumped at it.  I have never
> regretted buying it. It has come in handy in a lot of ways, especially with
> keeping track of multiple projects and clients.
>
> But I have never felt any pressure from any client to supply anything more
> than an informed brain, eyes, ears, voice and hands.  Has anyone else had a
> different experience?  If any of you use consultants at your company, do
> you expect them to carry in any 'hand tools'?  If you are an on staff
> programmer, how would you feel about being expected to supply your own
> tools?  What if you were expected to supply your own desktop?
>
> I appreciate the advice on how to leverage the laptop with PCMCIA cards and
> a copy of Code/400.  I am seriously thinking about it, because of this
> thread.  But I am also wondering if supplying our own tools is going to be
> a trend in the future, and do we want it to be?
>
> ___________________
> Kathleen Kostuck
> pager (414) 402-0820       fax (414) 495-4986
> kkostuck@execpc.com
> AS400 Solutions
>


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