RE: Elimination of PDM/SEU in favor of WDSC/RDI

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> Do others use PDM as an operations tool too? Is PDM dead like SEU or
> will PDM stick around for a while. And under the new development tool
> licensing, would PDM count as one of those "old" development tools?

This topic was discussed extensively on the WDSCi list last month.  Yes, 
I use PDM as an operations tool.  IBM still charges a license fee for 
ADTS (PDM, etc.), and IBM recently repackaged WDSC as RDi and RDi SOA 
and has begun charging a license fee for them, too.

Personally, I don't see RDi and RDi SOA as replacements of ADTS any more 
than I see Navigator as a replacement for native command line and menus. 
In one case you're working with a thick GUI client, in the other case 
you're working with green screens.  Both are needed.  Some people still 
prefer the green-screen tools over the GUI tools, and are willing to 
continue paying the license fees.

Nathan.