Re: Intro to RDI (Rational Developer for i) webinar

Version 9.8 is a major release of RDi and was represented as such. It has
been out less than 60 days. Thus, anybody who decides to install it is
living on the ”bleeding” edge, so to speak.

I installed on day one for two reasons: (1) I am on a Mac and we have been
jumping through hoops to install RDi 9.6 and (2) The installation can
coexist with 9.6.

The installation was easy and smooth after reading the documentation
contained in the download. Less than 10 minutes start to finish. This was
the same for my co-workers on the Windows platform. I do have a Passport
Advantage login and have access to the software and licensing.

For those of you with issues, waiting for others to “blaze the trail” so
to speak would be a prudent move. Give the community time to work out the
kinks. No major update is without issues, no matter who writes the software.

My two cents,

Chris


From: WDSCI-L <wdsci-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> on behalf of Michael
Quigley <MichaelQuigley@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2023 at 8:35 AM
To: wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Intro to RDI (Rational Developer for i) webinar
<Rant>

I hate to say it and I never thought I would see it, but the day is fast
approaching. IBM is working IBM i out of relevance. The new RDi install has
people so confused (myself included). I know the old IBM Installation
Manager method was way too involved, but simply trying to find where to
download the product took me a half a day. Then I still don't know if I
really have the licensing stuff needed to go with it. You've got zip-files
inside zip-files and more. Does any of this really make sense?

Don't get me wrong. I still believe IBM i is as powerful, capable,
versatile, and reliable as ever--and that all grows more so all the time.
But they've suppressed it in marketing for over 35 years. The presentation
and accessibility of the platform is not improving--rather it's going
downhill.

Then they do this webinar and lock it up so freaking tight. If I want to
download, install, and learn VS Code, it's so simple and straight forward.
(I won't go into my feelings on a lot of Microsoft's UIs. (Sometimes I feel
like I'm using a Junior High students project. The application is selected,
the cursor flashes in the right box, but type and the application
closes/minimizes whatever.) There are a multitude of raining options for
their products--all easily available and accessible.

I followed the link provided by Steve and I'm asked for my email address
and password. I supply my email address and it doesn't work with my
password or the one Steve provided. Good grief! I feel like Charlie Brown.

Thanks for putting up with my rant. I don't blame anyone for simply
deleting or reading past it.

Maybe somebody at IBM needs to rethink the trouble they put us through to
try to keep their product relevant at our place of employment. It can be
hard enough without all this....

</Rant>

Michael Quigley
Computer Services
The Way international
www.TheWay.org<http://www.TheWay.org>

-----Original Message-----
------------------------------
date: Thu, 15 Jun 2023 15:42:52 +0000
from: Steve Ferrell via WDSCI-L <wdsci-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
subject: Re: [WDSCI-L] Intro to RDI (Rational Developer for i) webinar

Here is the link:

. . .
. . .
. . .

Then use this PWD:
9EfNnJPh

Steve Ferrell
Fortra, the new face of HelpSystems

--
This is the Rational Developer for IBM i (WDSCI-L) mailing list
To post a message email: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l<
https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l>
or email: WDSCI-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at https://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l<
https://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l>.
--
This is the Rational Developer for IBM i (WDSCI-L) mailing list
To post a message email: WDSCI-L@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
To subscribe, unsubscribe, or change list options,
visit: https://lists.midrange.com/mailman/listinfo/wdsci-l
or email: WDSCI-L-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Before posting, please take a moment to review the archives
at https://archive.midrange.com/wdsci-l.