Re: IBM is so confusing!

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/27/2011 7:48 PM, Eric Simpson wrote:
> Actually, there are 'Development Studio' for Power products!  In reality,
> they are two or more products bundled together (I don't know the prices but
> I'd guess cheaper than buying them individually).  The 'Development Studio'
> bundles include compilers.  The 'Power Tools' bundles include RAD Standard
> Edition.
>
> Here is the list: of available bundles (in addition to the 4 options in RD
> Power itself):
> - Power Tools for i (includes RPG and COBOL Development Tools for i, and
> IBM Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software)
> - Power Tools for AIX (includes C/C++ Development Tools for AIX, and IBM
> Rational Application Developer Standard Edition for WebSphere Software)
> - C/C++ Development Studio for AIX (includes C/C++ Development Tools for
> AIX, and IBM XL C/C++ for AIX)
> - COBOL Development Studio for AIX (includes COBOL Development Tools for
> AIX, and IBM COBOL for AIX)
> - C/C++ Development Studio for Linux (includes C/C++ Development Tools for
> Linux, and IBM XL C/C++ for Linux)
>
> Eric Simpson
> Rational Developer for Power and Rational HATS
> IBM Toronto Lab
> 905-413-3226  (T/L 313)
> esimpson@xxxxxxxxxx

Yup.  Power Tools for i is about as close as you're going to get to the 
old WDSC.  All of the thin client Java tools (including the absolutely 
fantastic JSF WYSIWYG designer) and none of the EGL or rich client 
stuff.  At least I don't think there's anything for Rich Client other 
than the server side (creating services), but I'm just beginning my 
homework on that particular setup.

Joe