RE: Field+ and Field Exit keys- Hot wo make them repeat

["jt" <jt@xxxxxx>]

Rob,
I dunno, but I assume James meant CA...  Main point is there's a mistaken
economic view here, which is widespread:
iSeries Navigator is "free" in the "Open"-Source-cult sense only.

When it's "free", then EVERYBODY (who buys a 400, or even possibly a
zMainframe) is paying for iSeries Navigator, indirectly via micropayments...
As you probably know, there is no such thing as a free lunch, just
cost-shifting.  NOT saying whether sharing the cost of development amongst a
wide market is right or wrong, a-TALL...  But cost-shifting is entirely
different than free.

| -----Original Message-----
| [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of rob@xxxxxxxxx

| That's odd.  Because, yes you do pay extra for 5250.  However, iSeries
| Navigator is a freebie.  Therefore, how is the ability to access some of
| these features tied into a charge?  Assuming that by "only way to access
| half the latest OS/400 enhancements" you meant iSeries Navigator.
|
| <snip>
| On the other hand, everything I've ever heard about CA supports my
| suspicions about it being overpriced bloatware that nobody'd buy if IBM
| weren't making it the only way to acccess half the latest OS/400
| enhancements.
|
| --
| JHHL
| <endsnip>
|
|
| Rob Berendt