Re: CODE400 4 Free

["John Taylor" <john.taylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Edmund,

In addition to what Dave has already mentioned, can you tell us if there
some type of beta program that developers can sign up for? With all the
secrecy, I'm left wondering where your feedback is coming from, and whether
or not it is a valid representation of what the development community would
like to see. Personally, I have been patiently waiting for over a decade to
see a suite of world class development tools available for the AS/400. I'd
love to see at least a feature list, and have the opportunity to voice an
opinion on what works, and what doesn't.

I'd also like to know if your developers "eat their own dog food". Have any
of them actually built a non-trivial application using the tools that
they've created?

Regards,

John Taylor
Canada


----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Mahadevan" <mahadevan@fuse.net>
To: <CODE400-L@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, June 02, 2000 12:03
Subject: Re: CODE400 4 Free


> Edmund:
>
> This is a very noble idea.  However, you still need to allow participants
to buy pieces.  Some
> may want only Visual Age Java and other may just want the VA RPG etc.  I
can understand the "copy
> cat" idea of MS visual studio (which I do like).   But MS still allows
individual pieces and
> prices the MS Visual Studio attractively.  I just wish IBM comes up with
some original ideas than
> just mimicking MS :-)
>
> edmund.reinhardt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
>
> > Sorry Martin,
> >
> > I've probably already said more than the lawyers would allow me ;-)  I
can
> > say that from the feedback we have been getting, we think that
developers
> > want something like "Visual Studio" for AS/400.  One integrated package
of
> > tools with one price.  No more complexities of ordering piece parts here
> > and there and learning the quirks of each one.  That is the strategy we
are
> > actively pursuing this very minute.
> >
> > I am afraid that I cannot get any more specific than that.  If you think
> > this is right or wrong, we would be happy to hear from you.
> >
>
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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> >
> > Edmund Reinhardt, AS/400 AD Tools,  reinhard@ca.ibm.com
> > Dept 607,   IBM Canada Lab           TL 778-4392  Phone 448-4392
> >
> > boothm@earth.Goddard.edu on 06/01/2000 09:11:06 PM
> >
> > Please respond to CODE400-L@midrange.com
> >
> > To:   CODE400-L@midrange.com
> > cc:
> > Subject:  Re: CODE400 4 Free
> >
> > What a great straight line!!!  I can not resist...
> >
> > Edmund, and that pipe would be what kind of pipe...?
> > _______________________
> > Booth Martin
> > booth@martinvt.com
> > http://www.MartinVT.com
> > _______________________
> >
> > edmund.reinhardt@ca.ibm.com
> > Sent by: owner-code400-l@midrange.com
> > 06/01/2000 12:30 PM
> > Please respond to CODE400-L
> >
> >         To:     CODE400-L@midrange.com
> >         cc:
> >         Subject:        Re: CODE400 4 Free
> >
> > "... we are taking your feedback into account and something is
> > coming down the pipe."
> >
>
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