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This thinking that Shops make things mandatory is really a foreign concept to me. You mean you say "thow shalt not" with respect to an opcode or coding style and people listen? Maybe they pretend like they listen, but do they actually obey? So what do you do when you buy a piece of code and they use the "thow shalt not" style? Oh wait, you won't have to worry about it, because software vendors will NEVER use the CF spec because it is not backwardly compatible! You know most AS/400 shops don't upgrade to new releases, and many more don't upgrade versions. There are many reasons for this. The most pressing being that IBM doesn't make it easy to upgrade. I seldom receive a letter in the mail that says "Hey, we announce a new release/version of OS/400, to order, simply call this 800 number or return this letter with your authorization." Instead I get a notice in the mail a year or two later that says, "Hey you didn't upgrade, so we're discontinuing support for your release of OS/400." Great, that makes me want to conform, almost as much as those shops that use the "thow shalt not" directives, NOT! Bob Cozzi http://www.RPGIV.com > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On > Behalf Of James W. Kilgore > Sent: Thursday, August 12, 1999 11:09 AM > To: RPG400-L@midrange.com > Subject: Re: CF-Spec - another call for opinions > > > Option 2 gets my vote > > This way a shop can choose to make them mandatory or not. > > > > +--- > | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: > david@midrange.com > +---END > > +--- | This is the RPG/400 Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to RPG400-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to RPG400-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to RPG400-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---END
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