RDI 7.5 vs. RDI 7.1 (and WDSC 7.0) (was: Is anyone using RTCi yet?)

Bob Cancilla wrote:

RDi is the replacement product. RDi is not just another version of WDSc,
but is a new product written from scratch over Open Source Eclipse 3.4 as a
base. If it looks like WDSC it is because the features of WDSC were
implemented in RDI with many new enhancements on each feature of the
product.

*** NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS MY OWN PERSONAL OPINION AND DOES NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THAT OF MY (REAL LIFE) EMPLOYER ***

Bob:

While I don't disagree in general with your comments ... and I know the extent of the rewrites first hand (as I have had to adapt my employers plug-in to work with both WDSC 7.0/RDi 7.1 and RDi 7.5), I have to point out that perception is very important.

The fact that you rewrote RDi in 7.5 is probably lost to most people ... because it looks and feels almost identically to the previous versions (much to the RDi team's credit). You know the old saying: "If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...".

*IF* I didn't know the extent of the internal changes, and was just an end user (of RDi), my perception would be that it was an upgrade and NOT an 'replacement product'.

Again, this is PERCEPTION ... even if it's not the reality.

david