Re: Have you read this?

How do you want it to work?  Will screen shots be required?  Do you want 
everything in downloadable files, or text that can be copied and pasted? 
How should work be submitted?  Do you have a template of the layout you 
want?  Can anyone submit?  Will there be an index? 
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"L. S. Russell" <leslier@datrek.com>
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01/18/2000 08:29 AM
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I read you post to hans, and I agree with you. The deciding factor will
be whether or not you folks help out. Barbara has already sent me a text
on C to RPG data types which can be found at (
http://www.springfieldtn.net/users/leslier/hintsandtips.html ) and
several of you have emailed me with suggestions and offers. 
The exchange of knowledge between programmers should always be free and
open, not just RPG but C and java. I would like my site to be one of the
top three you think of when you look for answers, and it will be if you
help out.
So, it is up to you to provide some content, that will help shoot down a
few of your arguments.

DAsmussen@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Leslie,
> 
> As I wrote to Hans earlier, I ABSOLUTELY DO NOT want to just come up 
with
> reasons that your generous offer will not work, just highlight why 
others
> have failed in the past:
> 
> In a message dated 1/14/00 10:35:34 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> leslier@datrek.com writes:
> 
> > > A.  No free compiler available, ergo no way to test code prior to 
posting.
> >  Well that would be a valid argument but for the fact that open source
> >  began on *nix systems long before linux hit the streets. Open source 
is
> >  a proven software development model.
> >  http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/
> 
> Yes, but they _DID_ have _SOME_ form of *nix available at home.  Those 
that
> didn't had it available at school.  How many schools teach classes _ON_ 
the
> AS/400 _AND_ offer 24-7 availability to students on the platform?  I did 
not
> say that open source WOULD NOT work for the AS/400, merely that its'
> progenitors had more issues to work through than do _MOST_ open source 
forums.
> 
> >  > C.  No students here, we're all working 50-90 hours/week as it is.
> >  Again a valid argument, except that many on this list claim to be
> >  teachers, they could and I am sure will point their students to open
> >  source as a way to enhance their skills quickly.
> 
> Ahh, but therein lies "the rub".  Most (and certainly not all) teachers 
on
> the platform do so FOR MONEY.  Would "The 400 Group", "HAL", "ASC" and 
their
> ilk give up lesson plans for free?  I don't think so.
> 
> >  > D.  Due to C and the nature of the AS/400 itself (see A and B), 
there's
> no
> >  > way to have peer review of code before it goes out to the general 
public.
> >  That's just the point the general public in conjunction with open 
source
> >  developers will not only review the software, but maintain it as 
well.
> >  To quote Eric S. Raymond; ``Given enough eyeballs, all bugs are
> >  shallow''.
> 
> Assuming that you find people with the time to do so...
> 
> >  > E.  Far too few people using ILE, stored procedures, and their ilk 
to
> come
> > >up with a meaningful library.
> >  The question here is, do few people use procedure prototyping because
> >  they don't understand it? If this is true, what better way to learn 
than
> >  to see it done and to be allowed to tinker with the code yourself.
> 
> Again, excellent idea.  I just hope that people take to it...
> 
> Good Luck!
> 
> Dean Asmussen
> Enterprise Systems Consulting, Inc.
> Fuquay-Varina, NC  USA
> E-mail:  DAsmussen@aol.com
> 
> "Experience is a wonderful thing.  It enables you to recognize a mistake 
when
> you make it again." -- Anonymous
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