Re: is this a hint or what?

["Brad Stone" <brad@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

What choice does an independant developer (especially those
leasing time on a box) have in this case?  

I like SEU.. no problems with it at all.. for small changes
I use a textpad.. but I'm not about to spend tons of cash
just to make IBM happy and richer.

That's one of the reasons I wrote a PDM (not SEU)
replacement application as well...  They're getting rid of
it, I'm providing a replacement.  :)  For production only
machines, it's a great tool.  Pretty good seller as well.

But, the main question is, unless one of these editors is
free (or even $100 or so), I'm sticking with SEU.  It works
great for me, and I am very productive with it.  And I
don't want to install some thick client just for writing
applications...  Not everyone has 100 gig of memory for
IBM's PC based applications.  LOL!

Oh, try making the VI wisecrack comparison to punchcards on
a *nix group...  but be prepared to be burnt.  :)

Brad
www.bvstools.com

On Wed, 8 Sep 2004 08:42:31 -0500
 JOberholtzer@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
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> <snip>
> I have installed the Websphere Developer client for Java
> development, but
> you'll have to pry SEU from my cold, dead hands for RPG
> and CL editing :-)
> </snip>
> 
> Richard,
> 
> I'm afraid you have missed 95% of why WSCDi is so
> powerful.  If you believe
> in it for Java, why not RPG?  I can do everything and
> more with the LPEX
> editor and RSE as I can with PDM, I don't have to be
> connected and best
> yet, I can still use all those commands I am used to with
> SEU.  For changes
> involving less than 10 lines or  a quick fix, nothing can
> beat SEU, but not
> for full development anymore.  Besides all of those
> arguments, why make
> your employer spend so much money supporting your on line
> 5250 datastream
> habit?  WSCDi is completely batch to the machine.
>  Granted, you need one
> monster of a PC to run it, but then so does M$/Word.
> 
> Then again, folks on the open system side think VI is a
> great editor too.
> 
> I want my punch cards back.  At least I could touch them,
> and they made
> such a great pile when you dropped them.  ...  ;-)  oops,
> I'm not supposed
> to admit I actually used cards at one time...   BTW, it
> seems to me we had
> many of the same comments regarding the on line editor
> vs. cards back then.
> 
> Jim
> 
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Bradley V. Stone
BVS.Tools
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