I looked through the PDF file stored at the link below. I saw the checklist comparing the open source version of EGL to the licensed version of EGL.
Does the open source version of EGL have limitations on the IBMi that would make me want to purchase the licensed version of EGL?
For example, the open source version can't compile EGL to COBOL. That doesn't seem to be a big deal to me, since we have the traditional COBOL compiler and can develop COBOL programs the old-fashioned way. But maybe I'm missing something.
And maybe other limitations of the open source version on the IBMi would be powerful incentives to purchase the licensed version. (Maybe not...I'm just asking.)
Kelly Cookson
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Subject: [WEB400] IBM proposes EGL go open source; Tuesday June 29 at 10AM Eastern, 7AM Pacific
http://www-949.ibm.com/software/rational/cafe/docs/DOC-3481
IBM has put together a proposal to take its EGL business development
language open source. (And yes, you read that right.) The EGL
Development Tools Project, as its called, includes a detailed proposal
and well as an FAQ. In addition, IBM is holding an EGL open source
launch event webcast on June 29
http://www-949.ibm.com/software/rational/cafe/community/egl/open
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