> From: [email protected] > In any case, establishing an off-mainframe data repository for > sequential and VSAM data and/or an NFS/SMB connection to the mainframe > for sequential data (and all the associated CPU cycles that those > products require on the mainframe) would still be the sticking point for > realistic off-mainframe testing. In an already-CPU-constrained > development environment, I'm not sure that RDz provides sufficient CPU > usage savings to justify its cost even with a PC-based compiler, but I > remain open to being proved wrong.
There are ways to reduce CPU cycles and increase programmer productivity that don't involve moving developers to a different platform. <shameless plug> I refer of course to SimpList, which costs less for site wide usage than for a single RDz license </shameless plug>. Dave Salt SimpList(tm) - try it; you'll get it! http://www.mackinney.com/products/program-development/simplist.html _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live: Keep your friends up to date with what you do online. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid=9691815 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
