From: "McKown, John"
On the z, we use ISPF ... similar to SEU.
I used ISPF initially for 5 years. There was essentially no learning curve to switch to PDM & SEU. And not much of a curve to switch from COBOL, SAS, and Easytrieve to RPG.
Currently, I use PDM for most work, and occasionally fall back to WDSC for its utility to convert RPG fixed to RPG free form. I have a preference for thin 5250 based interfaces over thick PC based interfaces. I don't like watching the progress bar iterate back and forth 3 times when saving a file, for example.
On the other hand, I know other developers who give more weight to the various features found only in RDi. And if IBM were to drop support for PDM, I'd probably switch to RDi, and not think much about it. Just adapt.
But I don't see IBM dropping support for PDM. I see a niche for both thin and thick client interfaces. So you have your choice.
Nathan.
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