Re: V6R1 Info

[Trevor Perry <trevor@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Lukas,

Stop arguing with Steve. His arguments are that System i and RPG are bad,
because his entire premise is based on using the system in an outdated
fashion. He compares old methods of developing with RPG and i5/OS with new
ways of developing everywhere else. This argument itself is getting old, and
does not need any recognition or response.

Trevor



On 1/30/08 2:32 PM, "Lukas Beeler" <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Jan 30, 2008 8:25 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > what matters is if my opinion is valid or not.  In every shop ( except one )
> > I have worked in the last few years, service programs and procedures have
> > been rarely used.  I think it is because programs and service programs dont
>
> How many of these shops were 'forward-thinking'? i.E. abandoned 5250
> or planning to do so in short or mid-term, used current software
> technology, etc.?
>
> I know many System i developers that cling to 5250 and their Twinax
> screens. These just want to catch their pension when they're finally
> old enough. You can't expect that kind of people to improve their
> development environment, even if ILE RPG was the best programming
> environment ever, the IDE automatically figuring out what exactly the
> customer needed, etc. ;)