Re: IBM is so confusing!

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2/10/2011 8:38 AM, Buck wrote:
> It will cost me cash money to move from WDSC 7.0.0.8 to RDp.  I can move
> from WDSC to SEU 7.1 without spending cash because of my entitlements.
> Don't look for a pdf describing your savings, I don't think there's a
> scenario that fits us.  At least I haven't come across it yet.

Just to be clear, you're not moving from WDSC to RDP or SEU.  You're 
either staying on ADTS, which has been stabilized, or you're moving from 
ADTS to RDP.  I think it sucks that IBM is charging to move from ADTS to 
RDP, but that's what it is.

The reason I bring up this distinction is that RDP has significantly 
less functionality than WDSC.  In fact, in order to get equivalent WDSC 
functionality you have to create a workbench with RDP and RAD (Rational 
Applicaiton Developer).  This is one of the things I'm going to talk 
about when I present to the OMNI user group Tuesday night.


> I'm selling my management on a simple price shuffling, where Rational
> and IBM are allocating product costs where they belong rather than bury them elsewhere.

This is an accurate statement.  WDSC was free, and that's a model that 
was unsustainable.  :)


> If Rational sees a revenue stream from IBM i customers, that has to be a
> good thing versus us being an anonymous aggregate.
>    --buck

It absolutely is a good thing to be able to point to specific revenue to 
justify the costs of further enhancements on the RPG and COBOL tools for 
the i.

Joe