RE: RPGIII compiler vs. Visual Basic

For years there has been a theory that 10,000 monkeys typing at random
on 10,000 typewriters could reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare.
The Internet has proven this theory to be untrue. 
-- Anonymous  

Is it Friday yet?

Regards,
 
Scott Ingvaldson
iSeries System Administrator
GuideOne Insurance Group

-----Original Message-----

date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 11:02:29 -0700
from: Alan Campin <Alan.Campin@xxxxxxx>
subject: RE: RPGIII compiler vs. Visual Basic

>Alan:
>I know darn well that Microsoft did not make the changes to VB.NET just
because
>they felt like it. They made them because they had to. They simply
could not continue
>to support the old monolith model and move forward. 

>> How long did the old monolith model last, and how long will the next
model
>> survive?  If you got into this technology two or three years ago, do
you
>> feel like a chump now?

Monolith has always been around and will always be. I call it the 10,000
monkeys and typewriters method. Just starting typing and at some point,
just decide you are done. You can do that in any language. No thought or
engineering goes into the product. If you have every seen any AS/400
business packages, you know what I mean.