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Actually talking frogs are cool!!! Great programmers joke if anyone wants to get a copy, email me private and willr espond -----Original Message----- From: Colin Williams [mailto:Williamsc@technocrats.co.uk] Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 1999 3:03 AM To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' Subject: RE: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret) Yeh - Free T-shirts. Now thats "cool". -----Original Message----- From: Stone, Brad V (TC) [mailto:bvstone@taylorcorp.com] Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 8:37 PM To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' Subject: RE: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret) Those are really good points, Barabara. But when I got done reading it I thought the following: I'd rather the company who's system I am using spent their money on developement/enhancements, etc. than on free pizza and t-shirts. When it comes down to it, where IBM has been putting their money with the AS/400 shows. An AS/400 t-shirt would be pretty cool, though.. ;) Bradley V. Stone Taylor Corporation - OASIS Programmer/Analyst bvstone@taylorcorp.com > -----Original Message----- > From: DeVries, Barbara [SMTP:BDeVries@cfund.org] > Sent: Monday, May 10, 1999 1:07 PM > To: 'MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com' > Subject: RE: "RPG isn't cool" (was: Re: IBM Secret) > > > Hans wrote: > > Now, let's assume that being "cool" is a desirable > quality in a programming language. If we were to try to > change RPG from an "uncool" language to a "cool" language, > is there a single easy thing we could do to improve the > language? > > > Barbara writes: > I don't believe that the structure of the language or it's ability or the > AS400's ability has anything to do with RPG's and AS400's lack of > coolness. > IBM doesn't promote it's certification. Nobody cares, whereas MCSE is > super-cool. > IBM doesn't have big shows at hotels for free every month to make people > feel warm and part of a family. > IBM doesn't give membership cards to an Insider's Club. > IBM doesn't have evening presentations for free with pizza at their > corporate office to help professionals use their products. IBM doesn't > give free cool T-shirts, meet at the movie theater, give pins, pens, and > doesn't help with training materials except for their outrageously > expensive > classes. There are no certification clubs. > It isn't cool because of attitude. It isn't cool because it is not > attainable by youth with time and eagerness, but no money. > This lack of "coolness" hurts us professionally, as we lose opportunity to > inferior products, services, and paradigms, in some cases (not all). > Just a comparison from where I sit. I wish things were different, but > they're not. > My only recourse as a professional is to straddle the fence. > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to > MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +--- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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