Re: Upgrade from WDSCi to ????

[Mark Walter <mwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Nor should it be that expensive. You can get a basic GUI development environment for M$ for free. If you pay for the compiler(s), you should get the GUI environment for free. Just my two cents.

Mark D. Walter
Business to Business Data Integration Specialist
Certified IBM System I Specialist
Paragon Consulting Services, Inc. 
mwalter@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
717-764-7909 Ext. (1)26


-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Charles Wilt
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2010 3:29 PM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Upgrade from WDSCi to ????

All,

If one currently has a POWER5 box running v5r4 with 5722-WDS including
WDSCi v7and the box is going to IBM i v7.1....

1) Does anybody have a working link for the # of ADTS/Complier entitlements?

2) What are the options for upgrading from WDSCi v7?

I know that Rational Developer for Power v7.6 (RDp) provides the basic
support for RPG application development with a list cost of $860 per
user.  I assume IBM still offers a discounted "trade-up" price to
convert an ADTS entitlement to RDp.  Anybody got a working link for
information on that?

However, there originally was a Rational Developer for i for SOA
Construction (RDi-SOA) with a list cost of $2,160 that appears to have
been rolled into Rational Business Developer (RBD) with a list cost of
$3,240.

Also there's a Rational Application Developer (RAD) for Websphere
Software with a list cost of $2,150.

And a Rational Host Access Transformation Services (HATS) with a list
cost of $289.

I think I need RDi 7.6 no matter what for the RPG support...
And if I want EGL, then I need to add RBD?
And if I want Java, then I need to add RAD?
And if Webfacing/HATS, then (HATS)?

Other than the "trade-up" discount from ADTS to RDi, are there any
other discounts for the various components?

Does anybody have a link to a roadmap, an article, or other
documentation that gives the basics of moving from OS/400 v5r4 and
WDSCi v7 to IBM i v7.1 and RDi plus whatever?  In particular why
someone might want/need to pay the extra $$$ for RBD or RAD?

IBM if you're listening...IT SHOULDN'T BE THIS HARD!

Thanks!
Charles