When compared with the costs of having other several development
environments WDSC is better positioned as a single development tool that
does it all. Is it possible that we have become used to bundled pricing and
fearful of asking for better tools that come with a cost?
We need to start treating the iSeries as a server box. Hardware, software,
business applications and development tools are all separate components.
Its strength lies in its stability and uptime. I don't see XP boxes
pre-loaded with all the various packages of Visual Studio, so why should
the iSeries be any different. If the business is not willing to pay the
cost then the business needs to decide if the iSeries is really for them.
Regards
Faizulla Khan
Information Services
Grand Circle Travels
617-346-6058
<Rick.Chevalier@a
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Subject
01/29/2008 12:47 Re: [WDSCI-L] IBM Rational
PM Developer for System i V7.1
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Same here. I have been pushing for adoption since V5 and it's been an
uphill battle the whole way. Yesterday I got a couple more developers
to install V7. This will probably kill it in our shop though.
More discouraging to me was the statement of direction section. If I
read it correctly WDSC 7.0 will no longer be enhanced. It is considered
a 'stabilized' product. To get any of the new features added to the
development tools we have to purchase the IBM Rational Developer for
System i product. Think screen designer and graphical program analyzer
not to mention EGL and other web tools. I have also been actively
promoting WDSC as a platform for beginning web development for some of
our applications. It will be a pretty tough sell now.
Rick
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To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] IBM Rational Developer for System i V7.1
I guess WDSC7.0.0.4 is the last I will use. I can barely get my boss to
try WDSC, and was just getting a few more programmers involved. Adding a
per seat cost will kill it here, Guess I need to get my SEU skills up to
date again. : (
I knew better than to expect anything to be included in system cost with
IBM, or should I say the Rational group. First EGL and now WDSC, are
they really trying to kill their own products, or do they just have no
clue about System i customers.
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