Re: SMART by Informix?

->From: Jack Parker <jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com> ->Subject: SMART by Informix? ->To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu (Informix Users Net) ->Date: Wed, 14 Apr 93 10:14:10 MDT -> ->I am reluctant to post this because my knowledge is VERY sketchy on SMART ->but here's a clue. -> ->Not actually by Informix - Informix purchased the company which wrote ->SMART which in itself is/was kind of like MS WORKS - a spreadsheet - a word ->processor - an RDBMS and one other horizontal app which I forget now. This ->is probably the group they used to develop Wingz. They may have tried ->early on to link it directly to Informix - but I have'nt truly run into it - ->just hearsay. -> ->j. ->_____________________________________________________________________________ ->Jack Parker - Contractor | ->Hewlett Packard, BSMC Boise, Idaho, USA| If you keep staring at it like that, ->jparker@hpbs2561.boi.hp.com | your nose is going to grow ->(208) 323-5388 (W) (208) 384-1623 (H) | into the bark. ->_____________________________________________________________________________ -> My understanding of this product set, also called "SMARTware", is consistent with Jack's discussion. I saw the SMARTware products years ago, before Informix acquired them. They were an adequate, but not exceptional, set of integrated tools, indeed very much like MS-WORKS. I do not know whether they were the progenitors of WingZ; I thought that was acquired separately, but I may be mistaken. I believe that WingZ itself is being discontinued after the current/next release, and only the HyperScript tools will be retained as a product by Informix. In other words, Informix is getting back out of the spreadsheet market, but keeping the tools which serve as a useful front-end to the DB. Regards, Alan +------------------------------+---------------------------------------+ | R. Alan Popiel | Internet: alan@den.mmc.com | | Martin Marietta, LSC | ( Please note: My opinions do not ) | | P.O. Box 179, M/S 5422 | ( represent official Martin policy. ) | | Denver, Colorado 80201-0179 | Voice: 303-977-9998 | +------------------------------+---------------------------------------+