Re: rdi question about verifier (unbundled)

[John Ross <jross-ml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

By the compilers being unbundled it does allow third party software 
vendors to offer editors and IBM still gets some money from the compilers.

RPG Alive GUI
http://www.itjungle.com/fhs/fhs060705-story03.html

Editor/400
http://www.statement400.com/page0002.html

Z/Scope Workbench
http://www.cybelesoft.com/en/workbench-features.html

I have not used any of these just found them on the Internet. Do I think 
they will do as much as IBM's, no I do not. And it still might be hard 
to sell them into small shops if you still have to buy a certain number 
of IBM's editors, but I have to believe the market just got better for 
them then it was. Plus for time-share services (which I do run one for a 
little while longer) it might be the only way they can provide V6R1 and 
above at a reasonable price, depending on pricing of the third party 
software and if IBM goes named users.

Regards
John Ross

Bob P. Roche wrote:
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>     
>    When building a program you need to compile it. I still dont understand
>    the unbundling of the compilers from all the devevlopment tools.
>     
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