Re: V6R1 Info

Lukas,

Stop arguing with Steve. His arguments are that System i and RPG are bad,
because his entire premise is based on using the system in an outdated
fashion. He compares old methods of developing with RPG and i5/OS with new
ways of developing everywhere else. This argument itself is getting old, and
does not need any recognition or response.

Trevor



On 1/30/08 2:32 PM, "Lukas Beeler" <lukas.beeler@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Jan 30, 2008 8:25 PM, Steve Richter <stephenrichter@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

what matters is if my opinion is valid or not. In every shop ( except one )
I have worked in the last few years, service programs and procedures have
been rarely used. I think it is because programs and service programs dont

How many of these shops were 'forward-thinking'? i.E. abandoned 5250
or planning to do so in short or mid-term, used current software
technology, etc.?

I know many System i developers that cling to 5250 and their Twinax
screens. These just want to catch their pension when they're finally
old enough. You can't expect that kind of people to improve their
development environment, even if ILE RPG was the best programming
environment ever, the IDE automatically figuring out what exactly the
customer needed, etc. ;)