RE: Re[2]: Programming tools (was DDS Support)

Let us not confuse value with price - if you only require Beetle value then 
buy the Beetle, but if you require Ferrari value you need to buy the 
Ferrari.

Perhaps on the surface the AS/400 tools look like their cheaper cousins but 
in terms of what they offer to the AS/400 user and consequently your 
business (on top of their development costs) they may seem to cost more but 
it is a valid cost.

If it were possible to develop and sell AS/400 tools at "PC prices" and 
still make a living why hasn't some one already done it - they've had 10+ 
years and then all the allegedly high priced AS/400 tools would have to 
drop in price to survive.

Jamie Coles -

Thoughts and reflections are mine and bear no relevance to whom I am 
employed by.

-----Original Message-----
From:   John Taylor [SMTP:john.taylor@telusplanet.net]
Sent:   Wednesday, 05 July, 2000 17:57
To:     MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com
Subject:        Re: Re[2]: Programming tools (was DDS Support)


----- Original Message -----
From: "Jamie Coles" <jcoles@origsoft.com>
To: <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 08:41
Subject: RE: Re[2]: Programming tools (was DDS Support)


> Sure you can download PC tools that are similar to AS/400 tools that are
> for sale but then a 6th hand rusty Volkswagen Beetle for 50 bucks is the
> same as a Ferrari, except for some of the extra features (such as speed,
> reliability, performance, etc).

But therein lies the rub - the AS/400 tools provide the Beetle value at the
Ferrari price.


Regards,

John Taylor
Canada

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