Re: AIX - i5/OS feature comparison was the notorious Steve's soapbox

["Michael Ryan" <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx>]

Aha! Of course...a new convert! The new tool is the exciting tool, the old
tool is the boring tool.

You might want to contact the owner of my business...he hasn't voiced that
yet.

You know...I don't love any company, including my own. I just do this for a
living. If IBM kills the i5, I'll do something else. But you know what? IBM
won't...at least not for 10 more years...and that's all I need.

On 9/7/06, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 9/7/06, Michael Ryan <michaelrtr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > "We all should be coding in portable SQL procedures. That accepted,..."
> >
> > That's not accepted. That's not how everyone wants to run their
> business.
>
> that is what I would have said last year before I learned SQL
> procedures. The owner of your business wants you to code in a SQL
> procedures because the programmer is very productive, the code is
> portable and there is a much larger pool of SQL procedure programmers
> available than RPG.
>
> RPG excels at green screen apps and well the company you love so much
> is killing that part of the system.
>
> -Steve
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