Re: PDM/SEU

I just returned from the ITSO conference in Belgium and the IBM Toronto lab
guys said that they will not enhance or modify PDM, SEU, SDA and RLU.
all development work is done in the visual tools (CODE400, VARPG)

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From: <Jon.Paris@hal.it>
To: <RPG400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Sábado, 27 de Maio de 2000 4:03
Subject: Re: PDM/SEU


>
>
>  >> I do not think that it would be to difficult to added to SEU and I am
> looking for support from this list to push IBM into added this
enhancement.
>
> Count this as a strong vote _against_ this request.  I would be surprised
(and a
> bit disappointed) if IBM did this for the following reasons.
>
> 1) SEU is out-of-date and has outlived its usefulness.  There are _much_
better
> alternatives.
>
> 2) In V4R2 IBM added the ability for you to add you own line commands -
rather
> than waiting for IBM it would make much more sense for you to write it
yourself.
> News and Midrange have both published articles on how to do this.
>
> 3) In the latest announce IBM stated that a new package of AD tools based
on
> Websphere Studio would be available in V4R5.  In addition to Studio, this
> package includes VAJava, VARPG and Code/400 - unless the price is crazy
(and I
> don't think it will be) this will be a great way for shops to update their
> development tools.  This way you can try various ways of moving forward (a
> little Java, a little VARPG, etc.) without having to commit completely to
one
> path. Given this package, why would IBM spend money on encouraging them to
stay
> where they are.
>
> For those _not_ moving to V4R5, a little bird tells me that we can expect
to see
> significant pricing actions on VARPG/Code as an interim measure.
>
>
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