Re: Code/400 Install Vista

From: Kaiserbladekarl

While it is true that Microsoft has a poor track record on software
reliability itself, the fact that WDSC will not update or load or run
on Vista is not Microsofts problem it is IBMs.

If you read the threads, you'll see that WDSC runs on Vista, it's just not
supported.  I wouldn't bother certifying any code for Vista until at least
one, preferably two, service packs to make sure they don't change any
fundamental security handling and thus blow up the software.

Microsoft is also not to blame for the fact that WDSC has no means to
interact with the iSeries in an interactive manner. They have had
plenty of time to migrate CODE Designer to WDSC but have chosen
instead to focus on web applications even though I would guess that a
majority of users would prefer the latter.

Actually, the blame here is the users.  Most programmers who want to build
green screens tend to USE green screens to do their development ("You'll get
my 5250 when you pry it out of my cold, dead fingers...").  It's taken quite
an effort to get some programmers to adopt WDSC.  IBM figured that only web
developers would want to use WDSC, and for a long time they were right.

Now as more green screen developers are switching to WDSC, IBM is going to
incorporate SDA-type functionality into the product.

Please IBM we just want an stable, quick and complete IDE we can use.

WDSC does more than any other IDE out there.  On a good machine, it's fast
and powerful.  It allows you to build multi-tier applications and debug all
the tiers without leaving the IDE (NO other tool does that).  The only place
it's lacking is in 5250 support, and that's hardly surprising given IBM''s
direction.

In fact, it's pretty surprising that they're going to create an SDA
replacement, when CODE is perfectly functional!  I don't see a 5250
development tool anywhere in Microsoft's tool suite...

Joe