Re: iSociety Fireside Chat recording available?

[Jon Paris <jon.paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

 >> Are you saying that you don't recommend RDi and CODE over SEU  
and SDA? That's odd; I thought you have been advocating CODE for a  
long time, and RDi is of course light years ahead of SEU. I'm  
relatively certain that RDi will include CODE Designer, or did you  
hear otherwise?

I'm not going to comment on this slight on the list Joe.  I will  
simply say that I didn't say or suggest any such thing.

As to what's missing - well you've mentioned the speed issue - so I  
won't belabor that.

The biggie for most people is DFU.  A lot of people use it for quick  
file views and updates etc.  Since WRKDBF won't move to V6R1 my guess  
is it will get more use in future.  Where's the equivalent?  The data  
viewer is OK - but unless RDi updated it you can't use keys/RRNs to  
move around and it is display only - no updates.

Another one is SQL prompting in the editor.  You can't do it in RDi.

Using Code Designer to meet the gap of a print designer is OK - but  
it hasn't been tested on Vista and IBM have no intention of doing so  
and will not support it there.  It is also still somewhat buggy - but  
the chances of IBM fixing it are pretty slim.

There are a whole bunch of other little things but I'm hungry and I  
haven't the energy to go look for them.

As to opinion - we disagree. But then we knew that before we started.

Personally I think that allowing people to use the appropriate tool  
for the job is a far better way of moving them forward than forcing  
them to use a tool that as yet is not quite up to doing the whole  
job.  That will just make them pull their heads into their shells.  
Carpenters still use hammers and coping saws - even though they have  
power nailers and power saws.  What's the difference?  In your own  
work you use RPG where it makes sense and Java where it makes sense -  
despite the fact that many would (and perhaps have) told you that you  
should use Java for everything.

Some people who are command oriented will always be happier using a  
PDM-like interface for certain tasks.  For some things I'm in that  
category - I _can_ do just about everything with WDSC/RDi but stuff  
like building Service programs etc. copying bunches of files with  
slight name changes, etc. I just find faster/easier on the green screen.


Jon Paris

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