Re: IBM Unveils Change Management Software for System i

[Nathan Andelin <nandelin@xxxxxxxxx>]

> From: "rob"
> Pros:  Probably a tool that is 100% based around RDi.  This may
> help beat the remaining SEU dinosaurs into RDi.

Based around RDI?  Time to add another Gig of RAM ;-)

In a former life I was a menber of a development team, using MS Visual Studio to develop an MES [manufacturing execution system].  Since our developer tools were all PC based, and we were generating a lot of PC based software artifacts, we relied heavily on a network based change management system.

But my former life is a distant memory, and one that I wouldn't want to return to.  I've since returned to coding in RPG, and using PDM, and the world has returned to balance.  Software development is less complex, now.  The product I'm working on is serer based, the tools are server based.  Life is good.  Actually, I rely on a PC based editor for HTML and JavaScript, but I store the files on the IFS.

Reading the announcement letter from IBM on this product made me remember how complicated software development can get.  No thanks.

Nathan.