Re: Required products for a new i user?

["Jim Franz" <franz400@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If you are 95% Cobol, why replace Easytrieve (website does not list a i5/OS 
version)
with RPG.. There are query/report writers available.
IBM is pushing IBM Web Query which also has support for the old OS400 
Query-but
you won't like it's limitations.
I'll let others speak to the non IBM alternates. If your Easytrieve is 
giving you web reporting, etc, then
there are a number of options without learning any RPG.
One I have used - checkout BCD Software's tools - www.bcdsoftware.com

Jim Franz

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "McKown, John" <John.Mckown@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 11:04 AM
Subject: RE: Required products for a new i user?


> > -----Original Message-----
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> > [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of McKown, John
> > Sent: Thursday, December 11, 2008 9:56 AM
> > To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> > Subject: Required products for a new i user?
> >
> > This is just a opinion question. But what products (extra
> > cost) do ya'll
> > think are "de rigeur" for a new i shop? So far, just from overhearing,
> > it looks like we will be getting Robot/Scheduler and
> > Robot/Tape. I read
> > here about the System i Navigator and am reading up on it. I
> > really like
> > the "for Wireless" option, but that is "extra cost". Now, I am a bit
> > worried (probably unnecessarily) that the proposal might not include
> > some extra cost products in order to look more attractive.
> >
> > On the compiler question: is each compiler licensed separately, or are
> > the all a single package? I would hope the latter.
>
> OOPs, on the compiler, I meant to say "former", not "latter". I.e. I
> hope they are separately licensed. We are 95%+ COBOL. Most of the rest
> is CA-Easytrieve. I think CA has a i version of that, but I don't know
> if that is in the proposal. I was told the RPG could likely replace
> Easytrieve, but everytime I look at RPG, my stomach starts to burble.
>
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