Re: Switching to RDI from SEU

>What do you find takes more than 90 days for an SEU programmer to work out with WDSC / RDi?

I wouldn't disagree that they can accomplish those tasks in the same day, but you have to remember that they are not yet efficient with the tool. Many lose interest as soon as they have to get something out the door quickly, and then SEU is their route to get'r'done. Not saying they won't return, but many of the shops that are strictly SEU are the same ones that probably have an overworked/underpaid staff that is support hundreds of users with a small group of RPG developers. I was on-site at a customer last year and was very impressed with what they could accomplish in supporting 15+ large sister companies on a couple machines with a staff of 4 RPG developers. I could plainly see the challenge in front of them in trying to pick up WDSC because they were already coming in early and staying late to accomplish business objectives. Not saying every shop is like this, but the flavor is out there and it isn't a small percentage IMO. That's why I love giving my "WDSC Tidbits Of Goodies" session at conferences because it gets right to the meat of what WDSC can do so they have enough reason to come back to WDSC if they get distracted with keeping their business alive.

But like it is with things like this, everyone has had different experiences with how they have seen adoption of WDSC, some good, some bad, some both.

Aaron Bartell
http://mowyourlawn.com


Buck wrote:

Aaron Bartell wrote:

A 90-day trial will work well enough for existing WDSC users to
determine if they want to pay for RDi, but I hardly believe it is enough
time for an average SEU RPG programmer to make the switch from scratch.

Really? My experience is very different. I'd say it takes 90 days to
convince someone to *load* WDSC. Not talking about web people, Java
people or EGL people here - talking about SEU people working on RPG, CL
and DDS.

Jon and Joe have more exposure than I do to people moving from SEU to
WDSC, but I'd say it doesn't take an SEU person more than an hour or two
to be able to make a filter, edit a member and compile it all on his
own, no assistance.

What do you find takes more than 90 days for an SEU programmer to work
out with WDSC / RDi?
--buck