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The RPG cert test has been withdrawn because there was insufficient
demand for it. It was too in-depth and required too much practical
experience to be used by the colleges that teach RPG. All the time
that the test remained reasonably up-to-date and had not been
compromised, by the b*stards who steal tests and sell it as
"education", it could continue. When last year it became obvious that
it needed refreshing IBM had to look at the costs and determine
whether to update it - which is an expensive process even though the
RPGers who participate are not paid. They determined that the costs
were not justified and so rather than offering an out-of-date test
they withdrew it. Simple economics. No evil plots - the only evil
comes from the hijackers who force tests to be rewritten more often
than they should need to be.
As to the idiotic idea of an IBM plot to move us to mainframes ... I'd
love to see any evidence. Heck IBM are still working to bring the
mainframes to Power - not the other way round. And there are many
mainframe to i conversions every year - in all the years I have worked
in this arena the only conversions to mainframe I know of occurred as
a result of mergers and takeovers.
Jon Paris
www.Partner400.com
www.SystemiDeveloper.com
On May 27, 2010, at 11:48 AM, rpg400-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
There has been rumors of IBM trying to figure out ways for migrating
as/400 to mainframes. If the rumor has be true, this should have
forced for removing the certification. This signals the rumor to be
true, but not in concrete.
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