RE: an interview with someone from the new IBM

We shouldn't be asking for ILE specific enhancements until we actually start
using it to it's fullest pontential. :)

Instead we keep asking for more RPG BIFs and enhancements instead of using
ILE to it's potentional to do what we want..

Cut the cord, drop IBMs hand and write some service programs. :) With ILE
they wanted to help us to help ourselves, instead we change RPG to RPGLE
source and think we're doing ILE, and ask for BIF after BIF after BIF
instead of writing our own.

And then we complain that other programming language groups have "all these
libraries of functions available".. We could too.

Well, not all of us... just being overly dramatic to prove my point. And
it's about time to hit the sack... zzzzzzzz :)

Bradley V. Stone
BVSTools - www.bvstools.com
eRPG SDK - www.erpgsdk.com

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of albartell
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:41 PM
To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
Subject: RE: an interview with someone from the new IBM


What have we gotten in ILE in the past 3 years? Asking more out of
ignorance than anything, but I am scratching my head as to significant
changes or any changes for that matter. Not that ILE necessarily needs
changes and it would more be important to have RPG language enhancements
speed up.

When did IBM mgmt lose confidence in the ability of its own employees to
write great software?

The System i5 IBM sector lost confidence when Java was introduced IMO.
Going from a solid intimately integrated environment to a willy
nilly tweak
till you die environment.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jim Franz
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:05 PM
To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
Subject: Re: an interview with someone from the new IBM

IBMers had done a good job creating ILE. But mgmt for some reason
halted any followup improvements.

Who said IBM halted ILE improvements?
jim

----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve Richter" <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx>
To: "Midrange Systems Technical Discussion" <midrange-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, July 23, 2007 10:51 PM
Subject: an interview with someone from the new IBM

http://scobleizer.com/2007/07/20/talking-to-one-of-ibms-top-strategists/

check out the commenters. They love IBM. Me, I notice the

IBMer does not

mention any software that IBM is creating itself. It is all about
searching
for what others have done, making it enterprise strength, and I guess
selling it with an IBM label on it.

When did IBM mgmt lose confidence in the ability of its own employees to
write great software? IBMers had done a good job creating ILE. But mgmt
for
some reason halted any followup improvements.

-Steve
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