Re: free-format move *USA date value to 6-digit numeric in YMDfor mat

Bob,

If that were the case, then wouldn't we wait longer for some of the tools 
that make our life easier?
I develop software for internal use now, but I did the same thing when I 
was developing software to sell. That was back when I was using M$. We 
would release one feature to get a group off of our back so that we could 
move on to the next change to please the next group.
Shoot, I saw M$ release too many things way too early, and it caused 
everyone grief.

Just a thought.

    Dave Reiher
    System Analyst
    Prairie Farms Dairy - Corporate
    dreiher@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx



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If the vast majority of people do not upgrade to the latest release, how 
is
it that people will take advantage of the "new toys"? If it were on a
base-release, than virtually everyone could do that, but not when it is a
fractionalized point-release enhancement.
-Bob Cozzi



On 12/28/05 3:34 PM, "Fisher, Don" <dfisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> It is presumably good that more, rather than fewer, developers are using
> current versions of the OS and compiler so they can be taking advantage 
of
> the newest features.  IBM is likely assuming that developers with access 
to
> the new toys will take advantage of them; creating better, sharper, and
> slicker applications.  The word will eventually spread that 
iSeries/AS400 is
> not the dying legacy dinosaur the world thinks it is, but a vibrant 
platform
> that will attract the interest of businesses interested in reducing 
their
> development and maintenance costs.  That, in turn, will increase demand 
for
> OS/400 knowledge in college students.
> 
> Whether any of this is true is really idle speculation.  Only IBM knows 
why
> the enhancements are dribbled out this way and what the long term goals 
are.
> 
> 
> Donald R. Fisher, III
> Project Manager
> Roomstore Furniture Company
> (804) 784-7600 extension 2124
> DFisher@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 
> 
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> Why is it good for IBM, the platform or the client?
> I hear that but I never have heard a justification for that view--other 
than
> IBM says this so it must be true.
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