RE: RPG IV release levels and complexity

[rob@xxxxxxxxx]

But the standard question, is how many people are buying new packages for 
their iSeries when their version of release is two versions back?

I've had one person say that they get some small contract work from these 
types of accounts but I haven't heard from anyone who's sold them a new 
package.

So, are we dumbing down for theory, or for actual business cases?

Rob Berendt
-- 
"They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary 
safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." 
Benjamin Franklin 




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Scott,
In a one or two-person shop this is a perfect scenario.
But when other things are in play, such as the issue with people who 
didn't
need that cool new feature of DB2 in V5R1 so they choose not to upgrade 
and
now it would be cheaper for them to buy a new machine than upgrade the OS.
So if I am a software vendor, my market share is reduced because I have to
decide to not user V5R1 and later features and thus have the largest
potential prospect base, or use those features and reduce my prospect base
by 70 percent. Today, that's probably only about a 50 percent reduction vs
when V5r1 first came out, but it is still huge. 


Bob Cozzi
Cozzi Consulting
www.rpgiv.com


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Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:40 AM
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Subject: Re: RPG IV release levels and complexity


> Is it me or is it just too difficult to track all the different subtle
> enhancements to the RPG IV compiler on every new release.
> I'm consulting at a shop that is on V5R1 and another that is on V5R2. 
Yet
> most people are still on V4Rx.

If someone wants a feature that's only available on V5R2, is there a
downside to simply upgrading to V5R2?

I guess I don't understand this whole argument.   If someone is unhappy
with not having the new features, the answer is very simple -- upgrade
your OS as soon as the new version becomes stable.   Now you don't have to
worry about it anymore.



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