Personally, I think they should take a page from their own playbook
and release the core EGL tooling as an open source Eclipse extension
(which they've done for Java, C, COBOL, JavaScript, PHP, and others)
and then build RBDe on top of that.
As far as EGL goes, it seems that their intention is to standardize
the language with the Object Management Group's Architecture Driven
Modernization Task Force:
http://adm.omg.org/EGLOverviewtoOMG.pdf
http://adm.omg.org/ADMTF__Meeting_Mins_Jacksonville_2007.pdf
http://www.omg.org/news/meetings/tc/agendas/dc/ADMTF.pdf
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx on behalf of Aaron Bartell
Sent: Wed 1/30/2008 5:56 PM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] EGL vs. Java
I wonder if they could allow "renting" a license like MyEclipseIDE.com does.
$2630 is a lot for a single IDE if you ask me. If you use it for hours on
end then it can become more justifyable, but that isn't the case these days
IMO.
What if they did something like $300/year per user? Then if a user doesn't
use it, in year two they can simply choose to not renew. Or if they need it
6 months into the second year they can simply renew and have it for a year
past that point. I think people would be more willing to make a mistake
spending $300/year x 5 developers vs. dishing out $2630 for a couple of
floaters.
One of my customers said it best in a conversation I had with him... "They
can milk me all they want, but they can only skin me once." LOL!
Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com
-----Original Message-----
From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of johnking@xxxxxxx
Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2008 4:41 PM
To: Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] EGL vs. Java
And RBDE is another $1500 per user (D6105LL), or $2630 per floating user
(D6103LL).
JK
midrange.com
