Re: Quick survey - how well structured are your RPG apps?

I said the very same thing to Wayne Madden, open source the RPG
compiler. This reminds me of something I thought while, reading Bob
Tiptons address and his rebuttal to IBM's rebuttal to his comments (whew
that is a mouth full). 
I don't agree with Mr. Tipton on a few points, one point is that it is
not a programmers job to market a platform. I do think that it is our
job to ensure that the platform is marketable. 
Programmers can take steps to make the AS/400 more attractive to a
larger number of potential customers. Like Hans said once before,
providing frameworks on which to build e-commerce apps is perhaps the
best thing we can do to ensure that RPG and the AS/400 are attractive.
We need to focus, not on the obvious incompetence with IBM has handled
the marketing of the box, but instead on what we as a community can do
to enhance the marketability of the AS/400.

Author of email just had a brain dump. (C I R F)
Reply . . . :
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"Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
> 
> Partly, but I see the real plan is because they really can't charge (as
> much) for RPG.  They can for Net.Data, Websphere, etc.  And the Java push is
> still alive and kicking... trying to get folks off of RPG.
> 
> We'll show em!  They did too good of a job with RPG for us to disband it.
> If they want to get rid of it, then at least be "hip" and make the RPG
> compiler open source.  :)
> 
> Yes, IBM, that was a compliment on a job well done with RPG.  Keep up the
> good work.
> 
> Brad
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: L. S. Russell [mailto:leslier@datrek.com]
> > Sent: Thursday, April 20, 2000 7:18 AM
> > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > Subject: Re: Quick survey - how well structured are your RPG apps?
> >
> >
> > If so it is just another step in IBMs systematic war against
> > the AS/400.
> >
> > "Stone, Brad V (TC)" wrote:
> > >
> > > Me thinks IBM wants eRPG to go away!  ;)
> > >
> > > #1 MC Best seller in MArch, double that of #2 in sales.
> > (ouch, my arm!)
> > >
> > > Brad
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 19, 2000 11:41 AM
> > > > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
> > > > Subject: Quick survey - how well structured are your RPG apps?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Greetings RPG fans!  Would you mind answering a few quick
> > > > questions and replying directly to me at email:boldt@ca.ibm.com?
> > > > I'm just looking for a rough idea, so please don't spend too
> > > > much time answering.  (Replies will, of course, be kept
> > > > confidential!)
> > > >
> > > > 1) On a scale of 1 to 5, how well structured are your RPG apps?
> > > >    (where 1 is perfect user-interface/business logic separation;
> > > >    3 is "half my programs/modules are pure business logic with
> > > >    no display files"; and 5 is "they're a mess!")
> > > >
> > > > 2) Do you expect that someday you may have to put a web-based
> > > >    user-interface on one or more of these applications?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks!  Hans
> > > >
> > > > Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
> > > >
> > > >
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