Re: Disturbing rumour

[x y <xy6581@xxxxxxxxx>]

And I forgot to mention the cost puts RDi at a staggering disadvantage in a
comparison to VS Code.

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026 at 10:53 AM Justin Taylor <jtaylor.0ab@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote:

> I don't imagine RDi is going away anytime soon.  However, the IBM
> announcement that their copilot will never be brought to RDi bodes ill for
> RDi's long-term future.  Of course, RDi will likely carry on for a decade
> or two.
>
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 25, 2026 at 11:31 AM x y <xy6581@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Ah--IBM is raising SEU from the dead?  Perhaps the variable for "RDI
> > version" defined as packed(5:4).
> >
> > After everything IBM Has invested in RDi--which is small on the grand
> scale
> > but significant in our world--abandoning it would be lunacy and a
> betrayal
> > to the IBM'ers and Fortrans (a new name for Steve and his team; feel free
> > to adopt it).  But then consider the platform's name changes and we'll
> talk
> > about lunacy again over unicorn steaks.  The end of RDi would signal the
> > imminent end of the i as we know it--or the Rational product line is
> > getting spun off/sold or killed.
> >
> > Should IBM want out of the dev tools business, the alternative is
> > committing to VS Code...or Visual Studio in all its substantial glory and
> > capabilities.  However, dev tools can be strategic products when they
> help
> > customers' cloud adoption plans and simplify managing the unholy stew of
> > cloud and on-premises applications.  My $0.02 is that IBM won't give up
> on
> > Rational.
> >
> > Developing something comparable to RDi, *ab initio,* would take years and
> > cost $100 million or more.  It would have to be cross-platform--the i
> > market is nowhere big enough.  I don't see how a project of that scale
> and
> > impact could remain a secret...and it would be an extraordinarily bad
> > decision for IBM to undertake such a project in secret, i.e., without
> > community participation.
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