Re: RPG IV and CF-spec "keep it IBM"

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From: Bob Cozzi <cozzi@rpgiv.com>

>Buck,
>
>If tech savvy managers are not moving to RPG IV because they don't have
>programmers who will be able to maintain it (as suggested in several other
>posts) how will adding yet another flavor (the CF-spec) enhance the
>manager's willingness to use RPG IV? I believe it will not. It will have
the
>opposite effect, hence my dislike of introducing the CF-spec today. Perhaps
>after a few years of RPG IV code, if people want to go the 'RPG V' route,
>then sure, go ahead, but in today's world, CF-spec will kill RPG IV.
>
>But, hey I only speak from talking to thousands and thousands of RPG
>programmers, not a few dozen respondents from this mailing list (as IBM
>apparently does).

Please define "today", Bob.  My own personal definition of "today" doesn't
include "the release after next", "late 2000 or early 2001", or any of the
other availability dates that have been suggested as being reasonable
forecasts for this thing actually hitting the streets.  If there's really
that many pointy-haired bosses who are concerned about an optional feature
that they probably won't even be able to use for more than two years, then I
think I better look into the burger-flipping opportunities that are supposed
to be so plentiful these days.

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