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>> Are you saying that you don't recommend RDi and CODE over SEU and SDA? That's odd; I thought you have been advocating CODE for a long time, and RDi is of course light years ahead of SEU. I'm relatively certain that RDi will include CODE Designer, or did you hear otherwise?

I'm not going to comment on this slight on the list Joe. I will simply say that I didn't say or suggest any such thing.

As to what's missing - well you've mentioned the speed issue - so I won't belabor that.

The biggie for most people is DFU. A lot of people use it for quick file views and updates etc. Since WRKDBF won't move to V6R1 my guess is it will get more use in future. Where's the equivalent? The data viewer is OK - but unless RDi updated it you can't use keys/RRNs to move around and it is display only - no updates.

Another one is SQL prompting in the editor. You can't do it in RDi.

Using Code Designer to meet the gap of a print designer is OK - but it hasn't been tested on Vista and IBM have no intention of doing so and will not support it there. It is also still somewhat buggy - but the chances of IBM fixing it are pretty slim.

There are a whole bunch of other little things but I'm hungry and I haven't the energy to go look for them.

As to opinion - we disagree. But then we knew that before we started.

Personally I think that allowing people to use the appropriate tool for the job is a far better way of moving them forward than forcing them to use a tool that as yet is not quite up to doing the whole job. That will just make them pull their heads into their shells. Carpenters still use hammers and coping saws - even though they have power nailers and power saws. What's the difference? In your own work you use RPG where it makes sense and Java where it makes sense - despite the fact that many would (and perhaps have) told you that you should use Java for everything.

Some people who are command oriented will always be happier using a PDM-like interface for certain tasks. For some things I'm in that category - I _can_ do just about everything with WDSC/RDi but stuff like building Service programs etc. copying bunches of files with slight name changes, etc. I just find faster/easier on the green screen.


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