We brought RDP (now RDi) into our office for our developers to use, and I was excited by the fact I could continue utilizing such a tool at my new employer. One or two others within the company were also excited by this, but the majority of individuals didn't seem to share the same excitement.
The plan was to get the product in house, get the licenses, then get training. Two of those three did take place, but not the training. In the midst of getting training put together, two high profile projects came into play, and...the rest is history. Now I am not sure of the direction that RDi will take, but hope to have answers in the next month or so.
Ideally, I have touted the benefits of using RDi here, and use it every chance I get to show the benefits to other individuals. I hope through repeated exposure of this that it might catch on with others. But right now that's an uphill battle. Until then, I'll continue to use it, report any issues to IBM (along with any workarounds I come across), and hope at a future date the benefits of RDi can be realized by those who have the power to move things along here. And I'll be glad to show them what they are missing.
BTW, the product is working much better with the latest updates, which should help soothe those who choose not to use RDi based on past experiences. A few issues remain, but it's getting better.
-- Ken
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From: wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Paul Bailey
Sent: December 19, 2013 05:16 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] Promoting WDSCi, RDp and/or RDi
I've been using WDSCi/RDi/RDp (from now on, just RDi) for many years, and I have been the primary (if not sole) driver in getting my colleagues to use it.
In discussions with my colleagues I point out the features that make things easier, the tools that could make their programming lives just a little better. This is a tough argument because SEU/PDM still does things that can't be done in RDi, but I usually have a 50% success rate in the number of colleagues adopting RDi. The facts that SEU is now static even if RPG is not, and the general usage of an Eclipse tool will help advance/expand their careers and skillsets are also strong arguments. The learning curve is a downside, but I try to skirt around that.
I'm under time constraints all the time. It takes an hour or more to install and/or upgrade RDi and that time is often precious and needed elsewhere, so at the moment I am the only user in my company using the latest version (9.0.1). Two of my colleagues are still using v8.5 and today *both* of them came across the bug where source was saved in RDi but didn't turn up on the IBM i (no errors, the source just didn't get transferred.) There were tantrums, rants and toys were thrown out of prams (slight exaggeration, but you get the idea?) and now both are refusing to use the tool until it is updated. Their faith in the tool, and in my advice, has been damaged.
I guess I am just venting my frustration here and I apologise for bending your ears (screens?) but I am just wondering how successful others are at getting their colleagues to use the tool. What are your best arguments for all the SEU-fanboi nay-saying, and how do you recover from faith-damaging errors such as the one my colleagues suffered today?
-Paul.
PS Can I get some commission from IBM for being the only person in four different companies over the past 10-15 years that has championed RDi?
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