Re: System i Network ProVIP (was Re: Reading XML with an RPG program)

["Roger Harman" <RHarman@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I'll second that on "Experts-Exchange".  Irks me every time it comes up.

Ditto on the System i Network too.  The subscription is pricey but well
worth it.  Kinda like our favorite computing platform!


> > > charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx 03/06/2009 10:35:55 AM >>>
Hans,

Actually I agree with you.  "Experts-Exchange" is a pay site that I
find particularly annoying.

But I don't classify System i Network as a pay site.  I'm paying for a
subscription to the magazine.  While it's gotten thinner over the
years, it still contains enough worthwhile material, IMHO.  The fact
that some of that material is web-only content doesn't really matter.

I'm yet to see any free articles go to quite the same depth.  IBM
System mag close closest, I suppose (though I can't stand the web
site), but mcpressonline doesn't usually.

Charles


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Charles Wilt wrote:
> > It always surprises me when posters here express dismay that articles
> > require a ProVIP membership.
> >
> > If you make $50k a year, a membership is equivalent to 6hrs of your
> > time.  Is that really so hard to justify?
> >
> > Honestly, I pay for mine out of my own pocket.  It's easier and that
> > way the everything is mine.
> >
> > Charles Wilt