Re: Advanced vs. Standard

Speaking as an underground WDSCi user on the list who's been actively 
using it for close to 6 months, I think that there is an underground. 
There are those who use it, those who know about it and don't use it, and 
those who've never heard of it.  I think that unless you've been hiding 
under a rock, if you work on the AS/400/iSeries/System i you've probably 
heard about it at some point.  Personally, I've known about it for a long 
time but just never got around to using it until recently.  I've used Code 
and Designer for over 4 years but never had a compelling reason to make 
the switch.  Late last year I decided to give it a try again and found 
that it wasn't so bad.

I also agree with Jeff's comment that I can't justify that kind of money 
on it.  I may have to go back to editing screens and printer files the 
old-fashioned way.  If WDSC is based on Eclipse, which is open-source 
(free), then couldn't the WDSC community develop their own enhancements, 
or is that beyond the community's level of expertise?  I still think of 
supply and demand.  If IBM supply's it at $3500 a seat but there is no 
demand then they will either drop their price or drop the product.  If 
there's a little demand but not as much as they like they should still be 
inclined to drop their price to increase quantity sold to maximize their 
profits. 

Personally, I think that the community has gotten used to the sales model 
of bundling it with the OS.  If they start charging by the seat then does 
that mean that they plan on dropping the price of the OS?  I'll believe 
that when I see it.


Dave Parnin