Comments on: RPG decidedly not dead, say Search400.com readers http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/rpg-decidedly-not-dead-say-search400com-readers/ A Search400.com blog Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:15:23 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Davidfree007 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/rpg-decidedly-not-dead-say-search400com-readers/#comment-592 Davidfree007 Fri, 24 Jul 2009 17:14:59 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/?p=630#comment-592 I think we all know that, reading between the lines of the 'dysmal marketing', which could only have been intentional, IBM tried to drop the AS400 and RPG with it from the market place. Why? Cos its just too dam good...The hardware just lasts too long...there isnt enough services revenue in it for IBM...which is what IBM is all about these days Problem is they couldnt. The customers that use it and understand it, by and large love it. Ive yet to see a real example of someone moving away from and [A href="http://as400blog.blogspot.com/"]AS400[/A] and actualling saving money...cant be done.. I think we all know that, reading between the lines of the ‘dysmal marketing’, which could only have been intentional, IBM tried to drop the AS400 and RPG with it from the market place.

Why? Cos its just too dam good…The hardware just lasts too long…there isnt enough services revenue in it for IBM…which is what IBM is all about these days

Problem is they couldnt. The customers that use it and understand it, by and large love it. Ive yet to see a real example of someone moving away from and AS400 and actualling saving money…cant be done..

]]> By: Jtaylor http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/rpg-decidedly-not-dead-say-search400com-readers/#comment-591 Jtaylor Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:51:25 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/?p=630#comment-591 Correction: I don't [B]see[/B] RPGLE going away any time soon. Correction:
I don’t see RPGLE going away any time soon.

]]> By: Jtaylor http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/rpg-decidedly-not-dead-say-search400com-readers/#comment-590 Jtaylor Mon, 13 Jul 2009 16:50:04 +0000 http://itknowledgeexchange.techtarget.com/iseries/?p=630#comment-590 Remember a year or two ago when IBM announced they would be dropping RPG36? How many days did it take for them to countermand that decision? I don't RPGLE going away any time soon. Remember a year or two ago when IBM announced they would be dropping RPG36? How many days did it take for them to countermand that decision?

I don’t RPGLE going away any time soon.

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