Re: Visual Age for RPG

[boothm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]

I'd agree with all that John Carr just said about a place at the table for
VA/RPG.  I'd also add this:  VA/RPG works and gets the job done.  Exisitng
RPG programmers, even Sys/36 guys, can learn it easily and fast.  

Lets face it; companies just will not for pay for long learning curves. 
Synon and other CASE tools showed us that.  Train a person to do Synon and
you'll lose him/her within a year of them being productive with the new
tool.  

Visual RPG is a few days, at most, to get your first simple GUI up and
running.  It looks good, too.  Your mileage may vary, but it is way less
than a week to be useful with VA/RPG, if your shop will allow it. 
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