Re: WDSC 7.0 Dead End

It is based on Eclipse and the product is perfectly useless unless you have

an AS/400 with development tools in which case it is free. 

There are an absolute boat load of features in there that are quite nice for
non-iSeries developers.  Take a look at all of the web (JSF) and xml related
perspectives.  We get A LOT of addtl 'free' stuff along with RSE.  That may
not matter to 90% of most RPG developers, but I love and use more than just
RSE within WDSC.  That's why I am interested in this debate over charging
for some AE RPG features coming from CODE.  I don't use those features in
CODE but the principal of the matter could spread into areas that I DO USE,
so it will be interesting to see where that whole conversation goes with
IBM.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com

-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Alan Campin
Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2007 5:08 PM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [WDSCI-L] WDSC 7.0 Dead End

Well, have pretty much given up on WDSC 7.0 until I can order on media. 

1. Cannot use Passport Advantage because requires an account. 
2. Created a Passport Advantage Account but cannot download from account
because I am not authorized. 
3. Cannot get authorized with my ISV. 
4. Asked my ISV to download and he cannot download it because you cannot be
part of Passport Advantage unless you pay $1,500!

I don't know who designed this whole system but I know they have a side job
at "Joe's House of Pain"!

Why can't we just go to an FTP site and download?

It is based on Eclipse and the product is perfectly useless unless you have
an AS/400 with development tools in which case it is free. 

Does this make sense to anyone else?