RE: How to order V5R1 of wdts

Here, here. IBM please lend us your ear!

Many times a programmer has to fight IBM, IBM's Reseller & internal
operations just to get some PC programming tools. This can mean a six month
delay; six months. When was the last time a security officer cared about a
programming tool?

And you (IBM) can't figure out why acceptance is so slow?
Put it out on the net and it will get used.

Don.
Systems Analyst: Infinium, JDE & custom applications

-----Original Message-----
From: Phil [mailto:sublime78ska@yahoo.com]
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 6:18 PM
To: CODE400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: How to order V5R1 of wdts


OK, almost there!

The PC bits - is there any difference in the V4R5 and V5R1 versions (other
than having support for the V5R1 versions of the languages).

I experience problems from time to time and the solution that is sometimes
posted is "It's fixed in V5, but there aren't any more service packs for
V4R5).  If upgrading was as simple as downloading an upgrade - fine.  But
ordering the upgrade is a bureaucratic pain in the neck - both with IBM and
the customer!  (It's the same thing with Client Access, except the act of
upgrading on the pc is much easier)

Phil

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-code400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-code400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Buck Calabro
Sent: Friday, June 15, 2001 5:46 PM
To: CODE400-L@midrange.com
Subject: RE: How to order V5R1 of wdts

>I'm still confused.

Not surprising.  The marketeers have gone berserk with this product (now
suite.)
ADTS/CS was the original Code/400 & VaRPG
It was renamed WebSphere Development Tools (WDT/400).  That's what you have
(me, too.) V4R5M1.
This product is now bundled with WebSphere Application Studio.   THAT
contains not only WDT, but the iSeries compilers, PDM, SEU, WebFacing and (I
think) WebSphere Application Server.  When you order OS400 V5R1, you get to
order a free copy of WebSphere Application Studio if you owned a copy of
OS400 V4R5 PDM, compiler, WebSphere APplication Server, etc.

Note that the version of WebSphere Development Tools you have (V4R5) bears
no relationship to the OS400 version.  It will edit stuff down on an OS400
V4R1 machine.  The same is true of the new bundle: Some genuis called it
V5R1, but only the iSeries stuff is for OS400 V5R1 (the compilers, PDM,
etc.)  Code/400 and VaRPG (the bits you load on your PC) will run on other
releases of OS400.

Let me try again.  After reading that I confused myself!

The new bundle contains PC bits and iSeries bits.  The whole thing is called
V5R1.  The bits that go on your PC do NOT require OS/400 V5R1, but the bits
that go on your iSeries does.

Buck
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