Re: Have you read this?

[Gwecnal@xxxxxxx]

In a message dated 00-01-10 11:40:02 EST, leslier@datrek.com (L. S. Russell) 
writes:

>  I just found this (IMHO) disgusting, and cowardly article. 
>  
>  http://www.news400.com/features/newmf/article.cfm?articleID=13269

I get tired of this kind of stuff too.  

<old codger>
I remember when News400's grandfather was a useful magazine full of technical 
tips I could use to improve my system and add value to my company's 
investment in IBM midrage computing.  

I wish the editorial staff of the two mags would realize the following 
important fact:
Your customers are now and will be for the next decade mostly RPG 
programmers.  Not CGI programmers.  Not Java programmers.  Not NT sys admins. 
 Not Webmasters.  We may all do those things, but we have other (and better) 
resources for information about them.  We get and pay for the /400 magazines 
to get info about the /400, CL, and RPG.  Period.  If you want to have one or 
two articles a month on other topics, OK.  If you feel that nothing more can 
be said about subfile programming or data validation, OK.  But stop telling 
me month after month that I am stupid for coding in RPG, that my boss is 
stupid for deciding to use this technology, that if I don't force my company 
to spend a million dollars replacing all the stable terminal with flaky PC, 
retraining all the users, and replacing all the software that I will be 
flipping burgers in six weeks.  I don't need your ivory tower analysis, and 
especially don't need to pay over $100.00 a year to be abused by your staff 
of writers.
</old codger>

There.  Now I feel better and can go back to making my company more 
profitable.
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