Re: System i Network ProVIP (was Re: Reading XML with an RPG program)

I'll second that on "Experts-Exchange". Irks me every time it comes up.

Ditto on the System i Network too. The subscription is pricey but well
worth it. Kinda like our favorite computing platform!

charles.wilt@xxxxxxxxx 03/06/2009 10:35:55 AM >>>

Hans,

Actually I agree with you. "Experts-Exchange" is a pay site that I
find particularly annoying.

But I don't classify System i Network as a pay site. I'm paying for a
subscription to the magazine. While it's gotten thinner over the
years, it still contains enough worthwhile material, IMHO. The fact
that some of that material is web-only content doesn't really matter.

I'm yet to see any free articles go to quite the same depth. IBM
System mag close closest, I suppose (though I can't stand the web
site), but mcpressonline doesn't usually.

Charles


On Fri, Mar 6, 2009 at 1:12 PM, Hans Boldt <hans@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Charles Wilt wrote:

It always surprises me when posters here express dismay that articles
require a ProVIP membership.

If you make $50k a year, a membership is equivalent to 6hrs of your
time. Is that really so hard to justify?

Honestly, I pay for mine out of my own pocket. It's easier and that
way the everything is mine.

Charles Wilt