Re: Why use PHP? What are the disadvantages?

[Kelly Cookson <KCookson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

It's interesting you took issue with the idea of a cash grab, but not with the idea that RPG is a sinking ship. :-)

Yeah, I know, COBOL has been a "sinking ship" for...what...20 years now? RPG will no doubt still be around to keep COBOL company.

Kelly Cookson
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-----Original Message-----
From: web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:web400-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jon Paris
Sent: Wednesday, April 21, 2010 12:01 PM
To: web400@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [WEB400] Why use PHP? What are the disadvantages?

On Apr 21, 2010, at 12:32 PM, web400-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:

> I think IBM sees RPG as a sinking ship full of gold, and their only  
> goal is
> to get as much gold off the ship before it finally goes under.   
> RPGOA is a
> crude plug to slow the sinking so they have more time to get to the  
> gold.


If you had said the IBM i I wouldn't have quibbled but ... RPG ?

On the _top_ level the cost of an OA run time is $5,000. At the bottom  
end (where 99% of the customers will be) it is $500 or $1,000. Given  
that this is a per server (not user or partition) license how on earth  
can you can peg this as a cash grab?

I would have preferred it to be free, but that was Rational's decision.

But cash grab? - let's be real.


Jon Paris

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