RE: RE: [WDSCI-L] WDSC 4.0 Machine Requirements

[Buck Calabro <Buck.Calabro@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark said

>I have used Code/400 since the OS/2 days,
>so I also recognize its benefits
>over SEU.
-snip-
>While Code/400 attempted to be a "better"
>PC-based version of our existing AS/400
>development tools, I do not believe that
>is what WDSc is trying to be, or should be.
-snip-
>A lot of people are criticizing WDSc, but I
>think they are overlooking some relevant
>information such as that WebSphere 4.0 Server
>has been on the market for a year now,
>and the old iSeries tooling wasn't
>adequate for developing to WAS 4.

Hi Mark!
I agree with everything in your note but in the interest of brevity snipped
much of it out.

The big problem is the bundling.  As positioned, it is to be all things to
all developers.

Green screen people think of WDSc as the follow on to Code.  Java people
think of it as the follow on to VAJ.  It is at the same time both, and
neither, being a work in progress.  Until it is complete, no faction (web,
5250, Java only) will be satisfied with a collection of parts being sold as
an integrated development environment.
  --buck