ILE Conversion

 >> Personally I see no general reason of any kind to keep _any_ RPG III
 >> programs in the shop.

 > Only 1 I can think of - you have purchased a software package, are on
 > a maintenance plan and getting upgrades, the vendor has not converted
 > yet.

Even in this cases I don't think it is justified.  I have worked with a
number of customers recently who have found that the maintenance benefits
of making the switch to RPG IV are so great that they convert the package
anyway.  When the vendor issues changes/upgrades they convert the vendor
code and do the source compare against the converted version.  It may take
a little longer but in general the resulting code is so much easier to read
that the changes are easier to understand and overall it is a wash.

I would also look long and hard at any vendor that hadn't changed or at
least announced _when_ they will change.

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