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You missed the one other part, Ken, and that's so many developers that are
getting close to retiring and say, "I don't want to learn something new" and
who typically are not very knowledgeable on PC's and PC-based software in
general. The problem is that those people make it harder to persist the
platform, and the language, by continuing to use outdated coding.

Steve

-----Original Message-----
From: WDSCI-L [mailto:wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken Killian
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 5:30 PM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client for
System i & iSeries <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDi Birthday Celebration

Got that right! After trying to encourage developers to use RDi. I have
discovered the following:

1.) They do not like change.
2.) They do not like windows with multiple views. They are used to a single
5250 screen. No multiple views
3.) They do not like shortcut keys. Too hard to remember.
4.)They love punch cards. Learning new stuff is hard.

I know that sounds negative. It is not all developers. But many are set in
their 1970's time frame. But not all.

You can lead them to water, but if they are stubborn, you are wasting your
time!!! Let them retire already! Wish them luck!

Sent from my iPhone

On Dec 10, 2017, at 5:05 PM, Justin Taylor <JUSTIN@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You can lead a horse to water, but you can't make him drink.

________________________________
From: Brian Parkins <goodprophet.bp@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, December 10, 2017 9:02 AM
To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client
for System i & iSeries
Subject: [WDSCI-L] RDi Birthday Celebration

Gosh, just realised it is almost 10-years since RDi 7.1 was announced,
(29th January 2008).

If memory serves correctly, this was the first incarnation of the
unbundled product, which required a separate licence. (It's
forerunner, WDSc 7.0 was part of the server-bundled software, 5xxx-WDS.

A decade has flown by - and we're _still_ trying to convince folk to
adopt it!

Brian.

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