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A greenscreener doesn't
spend as much time as I do, learning new things and losing lots of time
with bugs (which I am sad to see are still often present with the latest
version of RDi).
I'm currently working in a shop that doesn't have RDi. The development team-snip-
is divided into several groups, each working with different technologies.
The AS400 team is small and of a rather mature age group. However, I was
very surprised to find that a large proportion of the developers are still
writing new programs in RPGIII. There is no use of ILE, and all
RPGIV programs are written in fixed format. Since being there, I've
installed the trial version of RDi and the 120 days has expired. I've
therefore been forced to rediscover SEU &co.
I would really like to convince the manager to buy the product. But I need
arguments. I think it would be easy to convince him if I were a salesman.
Sometimes, particularly when I observe coworkers on their greenscreens, I
wonder if RDi really has made me more productive. A greenscreener doesn't
spend as much time as I do, learning new things and losing lots of time
with bugs (which I am sad to see are still often present with the latest
version of RDi). Rather I wonder if, RDi is just good for morale. What I
lose in development downtime I win in organisation, speed in coding,
understanding, finding, etc. But in the end, everyone gets the job done.
Can we measure or prove that RDi would be worth the investment? If so how?
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