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  3. February 2008

Re: PDM vs RSE (was: EGL vs. Java)

Buck wrote:
Nathan Andelin wrote:

I think it would surprise a lot of people to learn what others may be using the PDM option column for, since anyone can create their own options using CL, RPG, etc.

It's not too hard to create your own RSE custom options either. In fact you can pretty much just import your PDM options. There's a wiki entry on RSE: http://wiki.midrange.com/index.php/RSE

Buck,

I don't need a side-by-side feature comparison between PDM and RSE. It doesn't matter to me which tool individual developers may choose. I mostly responded to Joe Pluta's notion of calling for an additional "tax" on PDM users for "staying in the past". Joe challenged IBM's move to unbundle RDi from other tool offerings, and when that didn't work, he called for a "tax".

I think IBM is doing the right thing by charging separately for PDM and RDi. Some of us resent subsidizing tools that we'd rather not use. But I don't expect my opinion to be popular on a WDSCi list.

Nathan.

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