Re: Required products for a new i user?

If you are 95% Cobol, why replace Easytrieve (website does not list a i5/OS version)
with RPG.. There are query/report writers available.
IBM is pushing IBM Web Query which also has support for the old OS400 Query-but
you won't like it's limitations.
I'll let others speak to the non IBM alternates. If your Easytrieve is giving you web reporting, etc, then
there are a number of options without learning any RPG.
One I have used - checkout BCD Software's tools - www.bcdsoftware.com

Jim Franz

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Subject: Required products for a new i user?

This is just a opinion question. But what products (extra
cost) do ya'll
think are "de rigeur" for a new i shop? So far, just from overhearing,
it looks like we will be getting Robot/Scheduler and
Robot/Tape. I read
here about the System i Navigator and am reading up on it. I
really like
the "for Wireless" option, but that is "extra cost". Now, I am a bit
worried (probably unnecessarily) that the proposal might not include
some extra cost products in order to look more attractive.

On the compiler question: is each compiler licensed separately, or are
the all a single package? I would hope the latter.

OOPs, on the compiler, I meant to say "former", not "latter". I.e. I
hope they are separately licensed. We are 95%+ COBOL. Most of the rest
is CA-Easytrieve. I think CA has a i version of that, but I don't know
if that is in the proposal. I was told the RPG could likely replace
Easytrieve, but everytime I look at RPG, my stomach starts to burble.

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