Re: E-mail notification from AS400

[Jim Langston <jimlangston@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I tend to agree Hans.

In fact, David, when are you going to come out with your own rag?
I would buy it.

Regards,

Jim Langston

boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote:
> Hi Gary!  While I have no problem with the idea of being fairly
> compensated for your work, there is a rather large community in
> which people do willingly share their work with others for free.
> You've probably heard about one product that came out of this
> community - Linux.  Much Linux software is available for free,
> along with an almost endless supply of information and help on it
> that's very easy to find on the internet via your favorite search
> tool.
> 
> One of my biggest beefs about the AS/400 community is how much
> information is guarded and protected.  You can't use any of the
> popular search engines (like Google) since the indexing bots
> can't get past the login screens in the AS400Network.com or
> midrangecomputing.com web sites.  I suppose it's mainly a
> financial consideration for these mags, but they may be cutting
> their own throats by making it difficult for people to get to
> the useful information they offer.  The Linux community shows
> that information CAN be shared for free and yet still make
> money for companies.
> 
> It's so bad that, as far as I know, there are still no FAQ's
> publically available on RPG or any other AS/400 topic!
> 
> Cheers!  Hans
> 
> Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com
> 
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