RE: Open source ERP

The mags can't use their AS/400s the get to make money (the deal with IBM
when they get them).  And that may be thought of as such.

Brad

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Martin, Booth [mailto:BoothM@goddard.edu]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 9:50 AM
> To: 'RPG400-L@midrange.com'
> Subject: RE: Open source ERP
> 
> 
> Jim, why not ask your employer to cover the $30/month cost 
> for an account on
> the net?  He should be happy to pay that for you, so you can 
> learn stuff and
> practice without endangering his machine and not on his time? 
>  What the
> heck, it is way cheaper than some of the magazine subscriptions.
> 
> Which brings up a point.  How come the AS/400 magazine people 
> don't have an
> AS/400 on the web, and include a "free" account for every fully paid
> subscription?
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jim Langston [mailto:jlangston@conexfreight.com]
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2000 10:29 AM
> To: boothm@goddard.edu
> Subject: Re: Open source ERP
> 
> 
> Hmm... difficult to say.  We are on V3R7M0, but I don't know
> how long that's going to last.  If IBM ever decides to sell home
> units at a reasonable cost, everyone might be able to get on the
> same platform.
> 
> I really don't see how I can contribute much, though, writing
> things I can't compile.  Unless I can make modules in older RPG
> that can then be linked in?
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Jim Langston
> 
> Joe Teff wrote:
> 
> > Jon's point about using the new redbook as a starting point
> > is valid. I'm sure that RPG IV was understood by everyone
> > as the language of choice  - which version though? The next
> > release of the compiler promises to have many significant
> > changes. Would we develop towards that or settle on an
> > older version. The error handling with the new MONITOR
> > constructs will offer a lot. If free form C-specs is part of
> > the release, is that where we want to go?
> >
> > Joe Teff
> 
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