Re: Find number of parms for a CL or passall

>> I wish IBM would start charging for CL and DDS separately from OS/400.  
>
>
>Frankly, Charlie, I sure as heck hope they don't!   Frankly, I'm damn
>tired of all this nickel and diming crap of add on, bait and switch,
>remove items from what used to be BASE PRODUCT B.S. that's frankly REALLY
>getting to be an annoying pain in the a...!
>
>UNFORTUNATELY, IBM's yet to realize that they need to change the marketing
>paradym of "how many MORE will I sell if I add feature X" to "how many
>will I LOSE if I DON'T!".
>
>If they don't add features that uses require, their competition WILL!
>
While I agree I do not like the nickel and diming IBM does, I do not agree
that the competition WILL do what IBM will not.  One of the problems with a
proprietary operating system is you are at the mercy of the vendor.  While
most of us do have a problem with what IBM does and does not do, we really
do not have another option.  Where else are we going to find an operating
system as rich, integrated, and easy to use as OS/400?

If we really want enhancements to products which will not really directly
encourage new machine sales, I don't see any other way to encourage IBM to
make those enhancements short of creating a separate revenue stream for the
product.  Look at the MAJOR enhancements made to RPG.  Do you really think
IBM would have made those enhancements if we weren't paying for them via the
upgrade charges to RPG?

CL and DDS are lost in the overall charge for OS/400.  If we do not provide
a separate revenue stream for these products to be enhancements, I see
little change we will see any real change other than those necessary to make
the AS/400 more marketable to the "non-traditional" midrange user.


Charlie Massoglia, Massoglia Technical Consulting, Inc.
PO Box 1065, Okemos, MI 48854, USA
517-676-9700  Fax: 517-676-1006  EMAIL: cmassoglia@voyager.net


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