Re: RDi Lite

[Richard Schoen <Richard.Schoen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

So you're saying if you have 20 developers you only need to purchase a single RDI license because IBMi can single thread compiles. What ?  

Show me that in the license agreement 😊

When you say FREE VS limits you to a single compiler, what are you referring to ?

Visual Studio Community is full-fledged and includes almost all features of Visual Studio Pro including built-in Node.Js development and all the language compilers.

Perhaps you should do a little more research.

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Richard Schoen 
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message: 3
date: Wed, 7 Feb 2018 20:15:54 -0500
from: Mark Murphy <jmarkmurphy@xxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDi Lite

Yes, RDi doesn't include compilers, but you don't need as many seats as you have developers. Most places I have worked put compiles into a single thread queue, so you only need one seat for that. Free VS limits you to a single compiler last I checked. Though you can download it once for each compiler. And who says you can't build a working IBM i application with RDi?

On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:18 AM, Tim Fathers <X700-IX2J@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> You're not comparing apples with apples. It's been a while since I 
> used VS but even then it was a way more capable IDE than RDi and it 
> includes all the compilers, build tools, change management integration etc. etc.
> required to build complete applications. The compiler licences for IBM 
> i are chargeable on top of the RDi licence, which isn't much more than 
> a basic editor built on top of an open source platform, it doesn't 
> even have intellisense yet! You get no build tools whatsoever with RDi 
> or with the compiler licences on the server. Also there is a free 
> route into VS, so anyone can pick up a copy and start to write working Windows applications.
>
>
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> To: Rational Developer for IBM i / Websphere Development Studio Client 
> for System i & iSeries
> Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] RDi Lite
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> Let's look at cost for a bit. Visual studio pro subscription costs > 
> $1000 per seat with a $800 renewal. Companies have no trouble paying 
> for that. Visual studio pro without subscription is $500 with no 
> published renewal price. So VS may, or may not be cheaper to start 
> with, but it is always more expensive long term.