RE: "Many RPG programmers would like to be able to port their apps to other operating systems"...NOT

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: James W. Kilgore [mailto:qappdsn@attglobal.net]
> Sent: Monday, March 11, 2002 1:23 AM
> To: rpg400-l@midrange.com
> Subject: Re: "Many RPG programmers would like to be able to port their
> apps to other operating systems"...NOT
>
>
> Why would anyone want to port a working application from a
> stable OS to
> a black hole of uncertainty?
>
> Reeve Fritchman wrote:
> >
> > "Many RPG programmers would like to be able to port their
> apps to other
> > operating systems."
> > Hans, you are completely wrong about porting applications.
> As a long-time
> > midrange developer and ISV, I can guarantee you the only
> reason I'll switch
> > platforms is because IBM has erected one more idiotic anti-customer
> > anti-business partner roadblock.  Or if somebody else comes up with
> > something palatable...and I like SoftVelocity's Clarion.
> > The iSeries platform gives me outstanding reliability;
> <<snip>>
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