RE: You're all missing the point! -- RPG400-L

Good point,

although you'll probably find 99% of us do development work on one
PC/workstation and not at various sites. However.. NT or Unix! Cheaper to
buy? Only just. More software?. Ok. Less reliable. Definitely! Less secure.
Oh yes! TCO. Much more expensive. Sorry but the 400 is still the worlds best
server. Now.. if only I could get IBM to see that....

Alistair

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com [mailto:owner-rpg400-l@midrange.com]On
Behalf Of Scott Klement
Sent: 01 June 2000 09:41
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
Subject: You're all missing the point!



Wow....  when my reply to Mr. Paris was made, I never dreamed that it
would fill this mailing list with people arguing about whether or not
Code/400 is good or not.

IMHO, thats completely aside from the point!  We don't have to choose one
or the other, SEU or Code/400 (or CodeStudio or Flex/Edit)!

The point is, if IBM says "we're no longer developing SEU" its going to
mean that in 2 or 3 releases, they'll stop distributing it, too.  Then
it'll cease to exist...

When I'm out in our production facility, and I find some minor bug in my
code, right now I can log onto a green screen terminal, fix the code and
recompile.  Without SEU, I'm walking/driving back to my office...

When I'm at a user's PC, and they notice something thats not quite right
with a program, I can simply sign on to the AS/400 with their standard
emulator, make a quick change and recompile...    Now, apparently, I'll
have to install Code/400 everywhere I want to do that.

My primary workstation (i.e. the computer on my desk) is currently running
FreeBSD w/Gnome under XFree86.  Now apparently, I have no choice but to
run Windows to edit things!?!

In no way am I suggesting that Code/400 be removed -- all I'm asking is
that SEU not be abandoned.   If you prefer your graphical editor, go for
it!  I'm more productive in SEU, and I don't want to see it dropped.

When we no longer can use green screen terminals to use the AS/400, and it
has become nothing more than a fancy, expensive (and not particularly
flexible) attachment for our PC's, there'll be no reason to buy an AS/400
anymore.   At that point, we might as well set up a UNIX or Windows NT
server instead!  Cheaper, much more software available, etc.

For those of you who are just itching to tell me I'm wrong, (or that I
won't use power tools?!) Think to yourself: "What would I do if _my_
favorite development tool was going to be discontinued?"



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