Re: Rational Developer for i 9.8 hits support discontinuance 30 Apr 2026

RDi 9.9 is based on Eclipse 4.31.


Thanks,

Eric Simpson

Software Developer and Project Lead – IBM i Application Development Tools

IBM Systems

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Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 11:35 AM
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [WDSCI-L] Rational Developer for i 9.8 hits support discontinuance 30 Apr 2026

Why is 9.9 based on 4.3, that is over 12 years old ? I keep looking at doing the switch from RDI to VSC. There is not much reason to stay with RDI, VSC support all my needs
just retraining ....

Thanks
John Slanina
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Rational Developer for i 9.8 hits support discontinuance 30 Apr 2026
Migrate to 9.9
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/announcements/software-withdrawal-support-discontinuance-rational-developer-i-98
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