Re: Why upgrade from WDSC to RDi?

Well, it seems to make sense for us, but we're currently attempting to
pursue a modernization strategy. Here, it's a question of obtaining the
next-generation tooling, like RTCi for change management. These
technologies should help us to bridge the gap between the development
silos (IBM developers -vs- MS developers), allowing for consistency
between the different groups in IT (policies/procedures/audited
controls). It's this sort of infrastructure that warrants an upgrade to
Rdi, imo...

-Eric DeLong

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On Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
Sent: Thursday, April 30, 2009 8:52 AM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Why upgrade from WDSC to RDi?

Right, I'm interested in the reasoning in moving from WDSCi to RDi, not
SEU to WDSCi - which has been hashed hugely in the archives. ;)

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On Behalf Of Vincent Forbes
Sent: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 8:11 PM
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Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Why upgrade from WDSC to RDi?

Arguments to use WDSC or RDi are:

How much do you pay for MS office?
Why should programmers be forced to use SEU, which is like using DOS?
Why not give programmers the best tools.

Vincent

-----Original Message-----
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On
Behalf Of Kurt Anderson
Sent: April 29, 2009 6:04 PM
To: 'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Why upgrade from WDSC to RDi?

All I really know is that it costs money to upgrade. And it sounds like
within a year, it'll be mandatory (if you want your editor to be
supported).

I'm like Buck, I really only use WDSC for RPG, DDS, and CL. I did a
little
searching online and couldn't find why I should pay to upgrade today (vs
the
idea of having to eventually). What can I go to my boss with to sell
her on
this?

Does ctrl-space now show me the value of a constant? Does ctl-space
now
show me the # of decimal positions for a numeric field? Are %Bifs color
coded finally (I'm so jealous of CL's beautiful color coding.) Does the
Verify or Outline refresh run any faster? What I'm getting at - are
there
any changes to the LPEX editor that I, an RPG programmer, would want?

If there is in fact an archived thread, I apologize, and please point me
to
it. I couldn't find it (found a lot of complaining about the cost
though).

Thanks,

Kurt Anderson
Sr Programmer/Analyst
CustomCall Data Systems