RE: Re[6]: New Opcodes - %SETCELL

[Colin Williams <Williamsc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Once again, I think it comes down to money reasons. 

Developers dont want to write their own stuff on their employers
machines, and cant afford to purchase an as/400 to use at home.

Fair enough, I could rent time on an as/400, as previously suggested,
but how can I then give the code away for free if I have paid to develop
it.

Give me an affordable as/400 (I've been quoted £3,800=$5900 for a 170)
or an RPG compiler on a PC and i'll do, but otherwise I just can't
afford it

>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: boldt@ca.ibm.com [mailto:boldt@ca.ibm.com]
>>> Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 1999 7:55 PM
>>> To: RPG400-L@midrange.com
>>> Subject: Re: Re[6]: New Opcodes - %SETCELL
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Jon wrote:
>>> >I have to seriously disagree with you Norman - Hans did 
>>> _not_ say that they
>>> >didn't want to do development - he said that they were 
>>> going to focus on "...
>>> >new function that can't otherwise be done easily in the 
>>> language today."  In my
>>> >opinion that is 100% correct - IBM _must_ concentrate in this area.
>>> >
>>> >If there is a major need for a specific function, someone 
>>> will offer it for
>>> >sale. IBM can never provide every function that anyone 
>>> will ever need so they
>>> >have to focus on those things that no one else can supply. 
>>>  It is the only
>>> thing
>>> >that makes sense.
>>> 
>>> As usual, the mail feed into our Lotus Notes system is slow,
>>> so several people jumped to my defense even before I got
>>> Norman's note.
>>> 
>>> I'd just like to comment on one of your points, Jon.  Sure,
>>> if there is a need for something, someone will offer it for
>>> sale, but look at CPAN.  Of that 600MB of Perl code, none of
>>> it was written for financial gain.  I look at CPAN, and
>>> wonder, why isn't there a CRAN chock full of 600MB of RPG
>>> code?  Am I just being too idealistic?
>>> 
>>> Cheers!  Hans
>>> 
>>> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
>>> 
>>> 
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