Re: justifying RDi when WDSCi 'still works'

----- Original Message ----- From: "Kurt Anderson" <kurt.anderson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "'Websphere Development Studio Client for iSeries'" <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, August 25, 2009 9:57 AM
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] justifying RDi when WDSCi 'still works'

Buck,

In regard to no RPG enhancements, there has been some. Highlighting a /copy line and having the option to open the source. Converting code to free-format. I don't know how long they've been there.

Those were in WDSCi 6.x; might have been in 5, too, but I don't remember.

If IBM really wants to get people using WDSCi to spend money to get RDi, it sure would be nice if they'd come through with some improvements to make it worth our while. How long have we been waiting for them to replace the CODE display and print designer, and they're still not ready? I realize that the web development stuff like EGL and so forth is the direction they want us to go in, but it would be a whole lot easier to sell to management if they'd show at least a little interest in supporting what we're working with now. I mean, it doesn't give me a warm and fuzzy feeling to hear that the screen designer is late because 'the' resource (singular) working on it was diverted to a higher-priority project. Oh, well.

Dave Shaw
Mohawk Industries