RE: Web poll WDSCi / SEU / Code400 results after 146 respondents

Joe, there is no question that the design intent was to make a much better
product but the implementation plan has left much to be desired. I have not
open the new onion - v7. Plan on doing that after the 16th of March when the
hard copy is supposed to be ready for distribution. Any one want to make bet
on the March Madness (Happening in April) or whether the WDSC team will make
a clean release. I have been collecting the messages about WDSC from the
MidRange lists for the last two years and it really reads like a Mac Sinnott
movie from the 20's.

I also have bitten the bullet with Vista and I can forget about having an
iSeries Navigator or WDSC in that environment for some time. I believe the
IBM current speak is that they are not supporting Vista. Hard to believe
isn't it. 
I guess that old joke that IBM stands for "I Built Microsoft" is true
because with no support for Vista they are obviously going to lose more
market share and that gets right into your and my pocket book.

Have a nice day and Don't Forget to Celebrate the Irish on the 17th,
Jack Derham
Direct Systems, Inc.

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Subject: RE: Web poll WDSCi / SEU / Code400 results after 146 respondents

From: derhamj

3-Cheers to Mr. Bob for speaking the truth - quick,dirty and with iSeries
Access let's you do most of the stuff needed to generate a business
application. Admittedly it is not in vogue but maybe that's because the
youngsters don't know how to smoothly operate it or maybe the R&T boys of
IBM are trying to be our "Big Uncle.

UPDDTA lets you do most of what you need to do in a business application.
The point is whether the tool is better, and hands down, WDSC is better than
SEU and PDM.  From syntax highlighting to content assist to outline view to
multi-library searches, the capabilities of WDSC make SEU look -- well, look
like the 20-something software it is.  Wonderful for its time, but somewhat
outmoded.

The misreading of the market by the people at IBM in no way diminishes the
superiority of the tool.  In my mind, there are very few people at IBM who
understand the iSeries community and the fact that we are innovators, given
the proper tools.  Unfortunately, suggesting that SEU is a reasonable
alternative to WDSC helps the iSeries-challenged majority pigeonhole the
iSeries community as a bunch of technological Luddites.

Joe