Re: IBM pushing Java

[therrin@xxxxxxxxx (Terry Herrin)]

david.kahn@gbwsh.mail.abb.com wrote:
>I'm sorry, but I don't follow that argument at all. If you have modified a
>program you are faced with the task of reapplying your mods whenever the
>vendor produces a new version. Why is it harder to to re-apply your mods to
>an RPG/IV version of the vanilla than an RPG/III version? Simply run the
>new version through the converter, compare with your modded source, and
>re-apply. You never even need to look at the RPG/III version.

Since this portion of the thread started with my post regarding why
I'm not using RPGIV, I believe I need to clarify something here.  When
a program that we have modified fails, the vendor will *still* support
a problem with that program, if we can show that the problem is
unrelated to the mod patch(es) we have put in the program.  Therefore,
it would be very unwise for us to run the programs through a converter
to RPGIV, because then the vendor would refuse to provide any support
whatsoever to any of the programs we have converted.  Also, keep in
mind that before any of us can write in RPGIV, *all* of us need to
know enough about RPGIV in order to support it, since any of us may
need to support a program someone else has written.  So we as a shop
must roll in RPGIV as an accepted standard, and right now we just
don't have the time.  Believe me, I wish we did, because I would love
to be able to write in RPGIV.

Terry Herrin
Sr. Programmer/Analyst
New Hanover Regional Medical Center
Wilmington, NC
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