More bitching about IBM (was More SQL precompiler)

James,

I think it's impossible to ignore if you happen to be in the business of
selling iSeries applications.  Unless of course, you're still wearing your
IBM issue blinders. What I hear from my colleagues, is not some exciting
discussion of a new iSeries application they're bringing to market, but
rather talk of how to milk the existing installed base long enough to carry
them into retirement.

And all the COMMON sound-offs, newsgroup chatter, official requests, and
silent prayers are all too commonly met with indifference at best, lip
service as the rule, and an increasing predilection towards arrogance and
outright contempt. Why is the relationship between IBM and the developer
community becoming adversarial in nature? We write the applications that
sell their products, generate their revenue, increase their share price, and
ultimately result in their paychecks. It seems logical to me that it's in
our mutual interest to work cooperatively towards identifying and removing
any obstacles to our collective prosperity. Personally, I fail to say how
resorting to threats in order to stifle criticism works in either party's
favour.


John Taylor


----- Original Message -----
From: "James W. Kilgore" <qappdsn@attglobal.net>
To: <rpg400-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, March 22, 2002 10:54 AM
Subject: Re: More SQL precompiler


> John,
>
> I think that this is already happening. :(
>
> John Taylor wrote:
> >
> <<SNIP>>
> >
> > And perhaps we, the customers, should halt all further investment in
iSeries
> > technologies, and tell IBM not to bother calling us until they've
> > rediscovered the value of the relationship with us, and are prepared to
> > begin addressing our needs.
> >