Re: Reasons for using RPGIV

[Dennis <iseries@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Well, I certainly hope they don't eat mine!  That stuff costs me enough as it is!

"Gqcy" <gmufasa01@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> here is an off the wall question...
>
> What do you think the standards are at JDE?
> Do they eat their own dog food?
>
> -gerald
>
>
>
> On 4/15/2011 10:05 AM, sjl wrote:
> > Dennis -
> >
> > As I alluded in my original post, this is basically an argument with
> one
> > person - a /new/ developer in our shop who once worked for JDE, and
> who is
> > of the opinion that there is no need to use anything but RPG/400 to
> write
> > code...
> >
> > On the other hand, there are at least 10 other developers here that
> disagree
> > with her philosophy, and since we already have a substantial amount
> of
> > existing RPGIV code mixed in with OPM code in the shop, I don't think
> she
> > will be able to muster much support for her position.
> >
> > In fact, I don't even know why she is pushing so hard when her
> argument is
> > clearly untenable.
> >
> > - sjl
> >
> >
> > Dennis wrote:
> >    I haven't been following this thread as closely as I might have,
> >    but I don't think the original poster has chimed in about
> >    reasons for this pushback.
> >
> >    Though I am loathe to support such pushback, I have seen
> >    situations where it may seem to make sense.  In particular,
> >    a programming farm on the  Asian continent does all the
> >    programming work for a particular set of pharmaceutical companies.
> >
> >    These people know RPG/400 to some extent, and ILE  not at all.
> >    The company has a position that introoduction of ILE to that
> >    source set introduces a wealth of support issues.
> >
> >    Instantly, the set of individuals who can support a particular
> change
> >    is reduced until training occurs - and this particular
> organization
> >    has no desire to retrain.  They are able to retain their staff
> >    and keep things interesting by double-teaming their
> responsibilities.
> >    While  Roji may be on the PHP and RPG team,
> >    Koko may be on the Java and RPG team.
>
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