RE: What's the scoop on the current state of WDSCi affairs within IBM?

I have used WDSC for over a year now.  5.0 and now 5.1.  There were some issues 
with 5.0 but I would consider 5.1 solid for RPG and CL development.  That's 
where I spend 98% of my time and I don't have any issues with crashes or lost 
source.  In fact, I dread going back to PDM for some of our older source (RPT) 
that WDSC doesn't handle as well as I would like.  WDSC is installed in over 20 
systems here with about half to 3/4 of the developers actively using it.  The 
more someone uses it the more they like it.  All our machines have 1 Gb of 
memory and processors range from 1.7 to 2.0 Ghz.

Using 5.0 I was unable to use the debugger.  With 5.1 that issue has been 
resolved.  I much prefer it over the green screen debug.  Especially for 
getting fly-over values and being able to setup variables in a watch window.  
That makes my debugging much easier and efficient.

I don't spend much time in the web or java areas so I can't speak to those.  
Yes, there times when something slows down and some of the tasks execute faster 
directly on the iSeries.  Overall though, I can work with source members and 
objects in a much more efficient way using WDSc.

My .02

Rick