RE: rpg free -- MIDRANGE-L

Jon

I agree with whole-heartedly on the JDE issue - I am a 1-man shop
running JDE World 8.1 cum 3.  I really wish that JDE would make the
switch.  But if I were to make the conversion myself, I would be
shooting myself in the foot.  I would then be stuck forever at 8.1 cum 3
unless I wanted to redo the conversion every time I installed the next
cum package.  Being a one man shop, I rely on any new functionality that
JDE may provide, especially since the owner of our company has mandated
that we will not modify any JDE code unless absolutely necessary.

How ironic it is for us that we just converted off of Daly.com's A-Plus
package in 2000 and they announce just last month that their next
release, version 6.0, will be re-written in not just RPGIV, but in the
/Free format as well!  Kudos to them!  (Hey boss, can we switch back
now!?!?)

Bob Cagle
IT Manager
Lynk, Inc.
BCagle@xxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Paris [mailto:Jon.Paris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 9:56 AM
To: midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: rpg free

 >> lazy? greedy?  Jon, do you know how hard it is to change thousands
of
programs for hundreds of clients for little discernible added value?

<rant>

I _know_ that a number of two and three man shops have converted JDE
themselves because they got sick of waiting and waiting and ....

I _know_ of several major BPs who have converted who wish they had done
it
earlier because they are saving tens of thousands in support costs
because
the code is easier to read in RPG IV.  For both them and the customers.

Note I didn't say anything about going ILE - although most companies
eventually make the switch to some extent.  The problem is the bean
counters.  They can see costs (even though they are small) but can't
quantify the value.

I would _not_ deal with a BP that forced me to stay in RPG III - period.
If
they think 15 year old code is good enough then I don't want to deal
with
them!

Sorry Booth - we don't often disagree - but on this one I feel we have
all
been _very_ badly served by the BPs and the biggest are the worst
offenders.
JDE announce that they are going to support/sell World for the
foreseeable
future - but they are keeping it in RPG III - give me a break!  If a
three
man shop can convert the package surely to goodness an organization the
size
of JDE can manage it!

</rant>

Jon Paris
Partner400

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