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Re: Is RPG dying

<channelling Trevor Perry>"There hasn't been an AS/400 sold in over a
decade. However you can purchase a Power System running the IBM i OS and
continue to run your existing applications"</channelling>



From: Mike Wills <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "RPG programming on the IBM i / System i" <rpg400-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>,

Date: 02/16/2012 11:07 AM
Subject: Re: Is RPG dying
Sent by: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx



I thought I heard that the IBM i Power system was IBM's #1 selling system.

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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 11:06 AM, Alan Campin <alan0307d@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Also, just to say, I believe IBM will continue to enhance RPG. The big
question is whether there will be AS/400's to run it on. Machines are
dropping like fly's.

On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:03 AM, Marc Couture <couturem@xxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
If you are in your 20's better start looking around !!

Sent from my iPad

On Feb 16, 2012, at 12:00, "Mike Wills" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Going against the grain here, RPG is dying, though very, very slowly.
Much
like COBOL has been dying for what 10+ years now? How is that going?
There
is so much code out there with millions (maybe billions) of dollars
of
investment that I highly doubt that IBM will drop any support for it
any
time soon. Just look at 7.1 enhancements for RPG; there are still
pleanty
enhancements in there. Heck, they just started to give away RPG Open
Access. When you stop seeing enhancements in OS releases, then it is
time
to start worrying.

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Mike Wills
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On Thu, Feb 16, 2012 at 10:53 AM, Chamara Withanachchi
<chamaraw@xxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

I'm kind of confused don't know what's the truth

Chamara
On Feb 16, 2012 10:21 PM, "Monnier, Gary" <Gary.Monnier@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

Are you sure it isn't just a rumor being spread by those that are
invested
heavily in other languages?

Gary Monnier


-----Original Message-----
From: rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
rpg400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
On Behalf Of Chamara Withanachchi
Sent: Thursday, February 16, 2012 8:43 AM
To: RPG programming on the IBM i / System, i
Subject: Is RPG dying

Hi,

There is some talks going on in Sri Lanka among some developers
they
say
RPG is dying and IBM is no longer invsting on it.

But I know that is not the case, sad thing is Sri Lankan IBM also
saying
rpg is dying and their support is 0 on RPG. Infact they do nothing
for us
who is in this arena (no events no seminars nothing)

May b this is being discussed in this list but I like to get some
more
details on the subject especially I like to hear some thing on this
from
Barbara Morris, Scott, Aaron Bartell, John and Susan or any one who
knows
about this.

Thanks

Chamara withanachchi
IBM certified RPG specialist
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