Re: RPG III - Object to Source DE-Compiler

Simon, you're right.  They should have had a CMS.

I was working there as a consultant myself.  I tried to get my client to buy
Aldon/CMS (no affiliation) while I was working there.  I have implemented it
a couple of times for clients, and I think it works very well, particularly
for multiple-system environments.

My client DP Manager was overwhelmed trying to make the transition from Wang
to AS/400.  I tried, but couldn't convince him of the necessity of having
the change management system.  He held the belief that after we went live
and all the consultants were gone it was returning to basically a one-man
shop and he didn't think he needed it.  He viewed JDE World's SVR (Software
Versions Repository) as the only change management system that he needed.
Anyone who knows JDE World software can tell you that SVR is a poor
substitute for a change management system.

Cheers!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Simon Coulter" <shc@flybynight.com.au>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Thursday, October 03, 2002 9:29 PM
Subject: Re: RPG III - Object to Source DE-Compiler


>
> Hello Steve,
>
> You wrote:
> >One of the consultants where I was working had created programs in his
own
> >library and moved the objects to the production library without copying
the
> >source to the production source file.  Then somebody deleted his library,
> >containing the source code.  We had them decompile a couple of printer
> >files, display files, and RPG programs.  I emailed to them a save file
> >containg the objects, they decompiled them and sent back the source.
>
> This is exactly why all IT shops should use a change management system.
No
> production objects should be compiled from source in a development
library --
> especially not a development library outside the CMS control.  Even
one-man shops
> should use a CMS.
>
> Regards,
> Simon Coulter.
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