Re: Using % type functions/using RPG IV

["Joe Teff" <joeteff@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

>As a follow up to Hans' comments: moving to RPG IV is a fairly major change
>for most companies when you consider the learning  curve on the language
>improvements plus the procedures, prototypes, ILE, etc., etc, etc..  Some
of
>this stuff has been around for years but there's a lot of old RPG still out
>there!  Why?
>
>I really believe that IBM marketing has missed a golden opportunity here by
>not thinking outside the "magic box".  Just as Microsoft's providing free
>Internet Explorer made it the dominant browser, imagine what would happen
to
>the AS/400 if IBM invested in it's users by providing free language
training
>on the AS/400 for the next year?
>
>Boost the technical competency of most AS/400 shops for free and guess
where
>customers are going to re-invest those budget dollars - back into AS/400
>sales.  And it might even encourage more youthful (i.e. under 40?)audiences
>at COMMON and other AS/400 conferences :) . Comments?

The new redbook is great start but could use more of that. Another place
where
they missed the boat was charging for Code/400 and VA/RPG. Most places
I'm at will simply not pay for a tool like this. PDM/SDA/SEU is "free" (I
know it's
not but that's the perception). The demo CD is pretty much worthless because
you cannot apply service packs to correct obvious flaws.

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