Love The One You're With
There is an old song by that name, with the message that you cannot always have your own way, so make do with what is available.
In a lot of Windows environments, there is no way to use Regina REXX or OOREXX, because they are not installed. Instead, you may have to use KiXtart or VBScript. If your environment does use Java, try NetRexx as a way to use the REXX-like syntax you like in a package that is approved by the organization.
Too often, we beat our heads against the wall, trying to convince our upline supervisors that they should allow us to us something that we are already familiar with instead of the organization's approved toolset. I want you to know that you are very rarely going to convince management to listen to the employees.
Instead, try to find ways to leverage your existing knowledge and skills with the approved toolset. Perhaps someone should re-implement NetRexx in .Net (C#) as a way to bring it into that environment also.
This is a continuation of the ideas in "Use What You Can".
In a lot of Windows environments, there is no way to use Regina REXX or OOREXX, because they are not installed. Instead, you may have to use KiXtart or VBScript. If your environment does use Java, try NetRexx as a way to use the REXX-like syntax you like in a package that is approved by the organization.
Too often, we beat our heads against the wall, trying to convince our upline supervisors that they should allow us to us something that we are already familiar with instead of the organization's approved toolset. I want you to know that you are very rarely going to convince management to listen to the employees.
Instead, try to find ways to leverage your existing knowledge and skills with the approved toolset. Perhaps someone should re-implement NetRexx in .Net (C#) as a way to bring it into that environment also.
This is a continuation of the ideas in "Use What You Can".
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