Re: RD Power v7.5

["Dean, Robert" <rdean@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The product is RDP.  The "i" part is a feature of the product, no longer
the product itself.  (Although it's hard to see that distinction because
the AIX C and COBOL tools aren't released yet).


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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Joe Pluta [joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Saturday, March 20, 2010 7:57 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RD Power v7.5

Trevor Perry wrote:
> I would like to ask all of you a favor. Since we all carry on about naming
> from IBM, why is it that some of us have decided to obfuscate the process,
> and call products from IBM by the WRONG name?
>
> The product to which you refer is called RD Power - long name is IBM
> Rational Developer for Power.
>
> Please, stop calling it names.. Propagating poor/bad naming will only lead
> to more confusion, more slams against IBM, more slams against the platform.
> It is important that if you are loud in the industry, you should not be loud
> ~and~ spreading FUD. It is important that if you consider you support the
> platform that you not spread misinformation.

As I wrote in a recent article:

"The full name is Rational Developer for IBM Power Systems: RPG and
COBOL Development Tools for the i. I can't even figure out an acronym
for that mess. I'm going to stick with RDPi until further notice. The
similarity to the old RDi acronym is intentional; RDPi is very much a
rebranding of the RDi tools, although of the bits they've added, a
couple are absolutely essential to ongoing i development."

RD Power isn't nearly enough, especially since there will be versions
for AIX and whatever.  RDPi is a perfectly fine acronym.  Rational
Developer for Power System, i version.  Feel free to call it whatever
you want.

Joe


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