Re: JAVA coding environment

[Joe Pluta <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Dr. Syd Nicholson wrote:
> Hi Joe,
>
> AMD 1.5GZ with 1GB RAM, 40GB disk. And - Yes, I have thought that is it
> cheaper just to dump hardware and buy new when things go wrong with Windows.
> -- But then again, its not very green, and why should MS get another sale
> because something goes wrong. Why should they benefit. Besides I would have
> hundreds of Laptops if I took this approach!!
>   
You upgrade when it makes sense from a business perspective.  My 
previous laptop was nearly four years old; ancient in terms of computer 
hardware.  I only recently upgraded it because it made sense.  Remember, 
too, that you can use an old laptop as a console for a new IBM i (which 
is where the old laptop went).

But if you choose to use old hardware, or an incompatible OS, then don't 
blame the application.  I can run multiple copies and/or versions of the 
Rational products simultaneously on my workstation and keep them running 
for days at a time.



> I have been with PCs since the first ones - even before that with wee Apple
> systems - indeed even before that in the 1960s with Fortran IID. Nothing
> evolves to get better from the point of view of failures. After all these
> years I now just get sick, fed up, angry and frustrated. Round and round in
> circles - achieving nothing, just the same s%*t every time. Oh for a decent
> OS on a PC like i5/OS. Perhaps I getting too old and grumpy for this.
>   
I come from a similar background.  I've been involved with lots of 
commercial firsts involving IBM midranges and microcomputers (including 
using an Apple as a gateway between a Series/1 and a System/3).  I've 
never been impressed with Microsoft software - software that bad would 
never have gotten out of any of the places where I worked - but as far 
as I've seen each release of the Rational tooling has gotten better, 
faster and more stable.

Joe