Re: Source file names (was Using prototypes...) -- RPG400-L

× The internal search function is temporarily non-functional. The current search engine is no longer viable and we are researching alternatives.
As a stop gap measure, we are using Google's custom search engine service.
If you know of an easy to use, open source, search engine ... please contact support@midrange.com.

Simon Coulter wrote:

On 12/05/2010, at 11:42 PM, CRPence wrote:

The system needs too many significant changes to ever possibly
become mainstream,

This statement intrigues me. Probably should be continued on MIDRANGE-L but I'd like to know what you think needs to be
changed (other than marketing which to me seems to be the most
significant change required and fixing that requires a complete
change of mindset in corporate IBM).

Midrange-nontech probably better, if one were so inclined. But the [lack of] marketing is one of the /lack of investment/ issues that ensures the system remains niche, and one of the costly and significant changes that would be required. Beyond that, just look at any past discussion. Almost always implying that without useless /bling/ plus making the OS and development tools effective giveaways, how the system is marketed by IBM will not matter because nobody will pay so much for something that is not /pretty/ or already /sexy/, esp. when they can get Linux /free/ and various other cheaper hardware that runs all of the /sexy/ OS.

Regards, Chuck

This mailing list archive is Copyright 1997-2024 by midrange.com and David Gibbs as a compilation work. Use of the archive is restricted to research of a business or technical nature. Any other uses are prohibited. Full details are available on our policy page. If you have questions about this, please contact [javascript protected email address].

Operating expenses for this site are earned using the Amazon Associate program and Google Adsense.