Re: Cost of WDSCi (was Advanced vs. Standard)

There never, ever has been free development tools on iSeries.
This whole thread has made Standard sound like it's the free one, but
it never has been. It just comes bundled with all the development tools
and compilers, 5722-WDS. Even a V1.0 development tools had a charge.
jim

Sent: Friday, March 02, 2007 9:14 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Cost of WDSCi (was Advanced vs. Standard)

Hi Group,

<rant>
I would just like to add - from a shop using 3 seats of wdsci and

code designer for rpgiv/java development - that my company has already paid a very stiff price for the *allegedly* *Free* development tools we use. The

price tag for the compilers and software subscription is enough to induce
heart failure in any developer on any other machine in the world.  It kind
of ticks me off to hear wdsci and code described as *free* when I see the
size of the checks going to IBM.  I don't know about the rest of you but I
Feel that I HAVE PAID ENOUGH.

IBM can do what they will - if they want to charge for the tools
I'll just stay on V6 until it peters out and then transition to java in
eclipse - maybe on another platform. (I'm ticked) </rant>

Regards,
Rick DuVall

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