Re: Have you read this?

[boldt@xxxxxxxxxx]

L.S. wrote:
>> I want RPG to succeed as much as anyone else here, but
>> the fact is, this is what we're up against.
>
>No sir, what we are up against is the defeatist attitude displayed in
>rags like News/400 and to some degree by programmers who play follow the
>leader in their acquisition of skills.
>Consider, the AS/400 has only been "in" the e-arena for what 2, maybe 3
>years?
>Give us time and tools and marketing support like that displayed in the
>linux community!

OK, consider these questions:  How many dollars are spent marketing
Linux?  Answer:  Peanuts in comparison to what companies like IBM
and MS spend.

Who provides the most support for Linux?  It's users.

Linux and Perl are successes because it's users are willing to make
contributions to benefit the community, not because some big
multinational corporation pushed them.  If you want the success of
the AS/400 and RPG to continue, then perhaps that's the way to
proceed.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com


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