RE: RPGIII compiler vs Visual Basic

["Joe Pluta" <joepluta@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Pretty bad assumption, dude.

http://www.microsoft-watch.com/article2/0,1995,1777527,00.asp

This clearly says (to me, anyway), that you'll have to pay extra for
support, and eventually they'll stop working.  Slightly different model
than being able to run 20 year old programs, Walden.  Sorry, Windows may
have some good features, but investment protection is NOT one of them.
No way.

>From the article:

But Vaughn also noted that "Microsoft needs to take a hard look at the
disruption they've caused in the industry as they constantly churn the
technology.

"They can't expect to reinvent the wheel every five years or so and
expect the world to adopt the new technology just because it's new and
improved," Vaughn said.

Joe

> From: Walden H. Leverich
> 
> Joe, what makes you think that VB apps will stop working? Given that
> Extended support is still available for VB until 2008 I think we can
> safely assume that the apps will continue to run during that period,
and
> I'm sure well beyond.