Re: VisualAge RPG for AS/400?

I can relate - we had Susan in for a class on WDSC - every programmer had
it installed on their machine, we upgraded several that were old, paid to
have them trained.....after two weeks they were all back to using SEU.
Some of it is from legitimate concerns, other it's the paradigm shift,
other's its from the DINO mentality.  We will try again with the new
version of WDSC I hope.

Of course I was just going to change the authority on the commands - not
delete it.  Heck, I still have one programmer who swears by the old S/38
programming menu.........that brings back nightmares for me.....






                                                                           
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Boss shot down my suggestion to DLTCMD STRSEU right after we had Jon Paris
spend a week here doing instruction on CODE (was a few years back).  I
thought that blasting that would have at least forced them to use it right
away, get over any learning curve, and at least make an informed decision
on which editor to use.

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Why are we still entering data into a dumb terminal in the 21st century?

I used a GUI tool to automate a green screen order entry function. Green
screen terminals were previously used to enter orders, and the fastest
clerk
could get 80 orders a day. Now that it is automated and GUI, and he can do

over 400 a day.

In this case, the users did not ~want~ to replace their green screen
entry.
In a short time, however, they became familiar with the new interface, and

now they do not ~want~ to replace their GUI order entry. This was a
business
decision made by management, and they were rewarded.

So, should we allow programmers to keep using SEU and PDM because they
just
don't ~want~ to use RSE??



----- Original Message -----
From: "Jon Paris"
Subject: RE: VisualAge RPG for AS/400?

> >> Why does a data entry clerk need the internet or anything BUT a green
> screen, dumb terminal to enter the data???
>
> Let's assume for the moment that they _don't_ need anything else.  It is
> still irrelevant.  It is what they _want_ that matters, not what they
> need.
> And even if the users don't want it - their management still do.  And
they
> are the ones who make the decisions.
>
>
> The replacement by cruddy Windows/Oracle/nameYourPoison "solutions" of
> large
> numbers of iSeries around the world should be enough for all of us to
take
> that as a given.  I know of one case where a system that allowed a 5250
> operator to process 10 - 15 orders an hour was replaced by an Oracle
based
> solution.  Even after tripling the hardware beyond the original spec for

> the
> iSeries replacement, they could still only manage 4 - 5 orders an hour.
> But
> they are still using it - the 5250s are gone.  Does it make sense?  No.
> But
> nobody ever said it had to!
>
> Jon Paris
> Partner400

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