Re: V5 availability

["R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr." <rbruceh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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From: Jon.Paris@hal.it <Jon.Paris@hal.it>
To: MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com <MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com>
Date: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:31 PM
Subject: V5 availability


> >> you (and probably everybody else on this list) knows that it takes
>almost no time at all to produce a command against the API.
>
>Au contraire - I know that it costs a bunch of bucks to do this.  There's
>the panel itself, the CPP, the help text, etc. etc. not to mention testing
>it in a variety of usage situations.  Don't forget that while you and I use
>English (well I do anyway <grin>) that over 60% of AS/400 users don't.  I
>don't know how many languages the system stuff is translated into these
>days but it is well into double digits.  The screen and help text as well
>as any unique messages all have to be translated - it ain't cheap.
>


A second thought came to me on this...

Same with the doc... they have to write the book, they have to edit the
book, someone has to make sure there are no satanic messages when read
backwards, then they have to translate it into all those languages, then
they have to edit it to make sure none of the translations work out to "bite
me" or "slip on the orange pregnancy"...

six of won, half dozen the udder...


< i crack me up.... rotfl >

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R. Bruce Hoffman, Jr.
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - AS/400 Administrator
 -- IBM Certified Specialist - RPG IV Developer

"America is the land that fought for freedom and then
  began passing laws to get rid of it."

     - Alfred E. Neuman



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