RE: RPGIII to get a facelift?

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scott Klement [mailto:rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 2:54 PM
> To: RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries
> Subject: RE: RPGIII to get a facelift?
> 
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> > Be careful what you with for. I'm sure (I know) there are sites out
> > there that are happy where they are. If you forced them to move to a
> > later release/language (RPGIV) then they may move... To another
> > platform.
> 
> I think you're absolutely right. In fact, I have done this 
> myself -- not
> with RPG, of course.  With EDI software, Sterling Commerce 
> came to me and
> said "you must stop using GENTRAN: Basic for DOS and use the Windows
> product" and then told me what it would cost.
> 
> Well, since that meant re-writing everything in my EDI 
> application anyway,
> I dropped Sterling Commerce and switched to Premenos (aka Harbinger,
> Peregrine, Inovis... the company with a million names)
> 

Scott,

Now if you looked at the Premenos product along with the Gentran product and
decided that Premenos was a better choice, then I'd say you made a good
call.

On the other hand, if you didn't bother to look at the Gentran product, then
I'd say you made a bad call.  Especially if you were happy with Sterling
otherwise.


I'm curious as to why you would have had to rewrite your EDI apps.  I moved
from the Windows version to the iSeries with no rewriting.  Was the DOS
version that different?

Had to redo my mappings but not my apps.

Charles