Re: Software Vendors (And US too) - A small rant

[Charles Wilt <charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx>]

They already tried this...

Up though v5r4, WDSC was included with the compilers...

Charles
On Thu, Dec 13, 2012 at 3:10 PM, John Yeung <gallium.arsenide@xxxxxxxxx>wrote:

> No need to be snide or absurd.  No one is suggesting IBM or anyone
> else should become a nonprofit.  Bundling RDp would be a great way to
> encourage people to use ILE features and other more up-to-date
> practices (or so I imagine; I've never used RDp, but what I can say is
> that SEU/PDM doesn't feel like a great fit for "modern" programming)
> and make the platform seem less stodgy and old-fashioned, as well as
> more productive.  Folks who are going to doggedly stick to SEU no
> matter what wouldn't purchase RDp anyway.
>
> Now, it's entirely possible that IBM has already considered this, but
> is projecting that the good will and better competitiveness versus
> other platforms isn't worth losing the RDp revenue.  Fine.  They could
> still factor it into the price of the system (or the compilers, if
> they're sold separately).  In other words, make "purchase" of RDp
> mandatory for new systems.