Re: How do we fix IBM's "eServer" mentality?

Subject: Re: How do we fix IBM's "eServer" mentality?
To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
From: jpcarr@tredegar.com
Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2002 10:08:08 -0500
Reply-To: rpg400-l@midrange.com

John wrote:
>>Also BTW, I don't think learning Unix is necessarily a bad
>>idea.  There are a lot of good tools in that arena.
>>Hans
>
>The only rub comes Hans when having to use a OS designed for
>cryptographers on a day to day basis.
>Bring out the white lab coats and man your computer rooms
>with them.
>
>*joke

I know you're just joking, but I don't think typical Posix
commands are that bad.  Okay, some have pretty obscure names,
but not unfathomable.  Even on this WinNT PC here at work, I
often type "ls -l" instead of "dir".  And even here at work,
one command I use a lot is "grep".  What does the word "grep"
mean?  I have no idea.  But it is quite useful, especially in
software development, and I'm not aware of an easy alternative
in OS/400.  In the Posix world, the word "grep" is often used
as a verb.

I know the OS/400 is supposed to have a consistent naming
convention, but I still find myself trying to run commands like
"dspoutq" and "edtsrc".  OS/400 has the advantage that command
names are generally easier to guess.  But Posix has the
advantage that commands can be much more powerful and flexible,
and they can be easily combined in many ways.

BTW, I've NEVER bothered trying to figure out emacs and vi.
Although each has its fans, both are just too weird for me.  I
got better things to do with my time than memorize obscure
keyboard chords.

Cheers!  Hans

Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com