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There is still the general belief among users of package software. The
belief can be summarized as follows. If I want to stay current on vendor
packages it might be easier to compare source if both of them remain in the
same language. This will make it easier to do an upgrade. Anything
outside of the package I will run through CVTRPGSRC or write from scratch
in RPGIV.
Now, I am not saying that it will be a valid or invalid concern.
But if you are only making a couple of simple changes, like adding or
subtracting one additional field to determine on hand, I fail to see how
the benefits of RPGIV will outweigh the inability to do a source compare
when upgrade time comes. And, yes, I am a RPGIV bigot. I won't write
anything new in RPGIII for any reason. And if a program is outside of a
package I'll convert it first. This is just a battle I am willing to lose
in order to win the war.
I think the bigger incentive would be as one person earlier suggested. You
either obsolete the RPGIII compiler or price it extra to get the vendors to
change. Gee, RPGIII for the S/390 was $199,000 when it first came out.
Somewhere in that price range sounds about right.
Rob Berendt
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Buck Calabro
<buck.calabro@aptissof To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
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01/09/01 11:38 AM
Please respond to
RPG400-L
Jon Paris wrote:
>I like your comments on manually converting old stuff that
>the vendor won't move forward. It is a gospel I've been
>preaching for some time but sadly most people are scared to try it.
Nothing inspires fear more than ignorance does. Those who use actually RPG
IV seem to have fewer problems converting vendor programs than those who
never tried RPG IV...
The moral: Keep on preaching. Remember that the midrange arena has always
been populated by slow adopters, and they need to hear the news that moving
up is a Good Thing many times before they move.
Buck Calabro
Aptis; Albany, NY
"Nothing is so firmly believed as
that which we least know" -- Michel Montaigne
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