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IBM gave people several years notice about OV/400 and still people didn't convert. And there are several machines stuck at V4R5 because of the programmers reaction to it. The same would happen, on a much larger scale, if they dropped RPG/400. However, as it has been previously stated. People who don't spend money, just aren't going to spend money. Why market to them? It's like advertising that your product is still supported on V2R1, when I bet you haven't had a new sale to such an account in 8 years. Rob Berendt -- Group Dekko Services, LLC Dept 01.073 PO Box 2000 Dock 108 6928N 400E Kendallville, IN 46755 http://www.dekko.com "Bruce Guetzkow" <bruceg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx 10/27/2004 02:12 PM Please respond to RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx> cc Fax to Subject RE: RPGIII to get a facelift? -----Original Message----- From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Wednesday, October 27, 2004 1:39 PM To: rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: RPG400-L Digest, Vol 3, Issue 830 Send RPG400-L mailing list submissions to rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at rpg400-l-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of RPG400-L digest..." Bob: You're on the money about the marketing (what marketing?). First, market the product beyond "eServer" (whatever that means to CEOs). Whatever you call it, the AS/400-iSeries-i5 (gee, has the name changed this week?) is the best server on the planet...and only those of us that actually work on it actually know that. I'm in the process of converting to RPG-IV because I believe that is in the best business interest of this company and fortunately have full support (and "only" about 1500 source members). I'm doing this by myself and expect to be done in a few weeks. Backward-compatibility was a good thing, but it may be detrimental in the long run. I have never understood why a company would purchase a computer like the AS/400 to run their business, then not keep current with versions/releases or support (except where doing so would cause systems to stop working). It's like buying a new car and deciding that changing the oil is a waste of money...sooner or later, you find out why maintenance is important. I think the same is true for the language version. I would have no problem if IBM chose to drop support of older versions of the language, giving companies a reasonable time to convert. Although, one could argue that 10 years should have been enough. ;-) This could be a real boon to consultants, like the Y2K thing. (Think David will mind if we post rates here???) Bruce Guetzkow Information Services Director United Credit Service, Inc. Phone: 262-723-2902 Fax: 262-723-5568 Email: bruceg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web: www.unitedcreditservice.com -- This is the RPG programming on the AS400 / iSeries (RPG400-L) mailing list To post a message email: RPG400-L@xxxxxxxxxxxx To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options, visit: http://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/rpg400-l or email: RPG400-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives at http://archive.midrange.com/rpg400-l.
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