Re: PDM/SEU

[Raul Jager <raul@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Can you send us some of those "_much_ better alternatives"? 

I tried some other editors, and still admire the design of SEU.  They
may be good for beginers, but in my experience, even though beginers
feel more at home with graphical interfaces, they still can't design a
good application.  

Beautifull graphics are no substitute for study and experience.

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Scott Klement wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 26 May 2000 Jon.Paris@hal.it wrote:
> >
> > 1) SEU is out-of-date and has outlived its usefulness.  There are
> > _much_ better alternatives.
> >
> 
> SEU is has *NOT* outlived its usefulness.  I'm sorry, but the last thing
> in the world that I want to do is be forced to have Micro$hit Windows
> (imho, the worlds WORST operating system) installed on every PC that I
> want to edit source on.
> 
> Much less have an outrageously expensive and not much more useful product
> like Code/400 installed on each of these PC's
> 
> MUCH LESS BE FORCED TO EDIT MY SOURCE ON A PC!
> 
> Despite that I have access to what you might consider "better tools", SEU
> is my tool of choice for writing RPG code.
> 
> I don't understand the current trend towards forcing people to use a
> graphic client on a PC to do everything!!  The green screen terminal
> is simpler, cleaper, cleaner and far more robust!
> 
> Yet, IBM's goal seems to be to force everyone using an AS/400 to have to
> have Microsoft Winblows running a PC in order to use it?  To me, that just
> puts us closer and closer to the day when we don't need the AS/400, and
> can just use PC's.  I mean, whats the point of the AS/400 if it can't do
> anythign without a Windows machine anyway?
> 
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