Re: If you could choose again?

dbagg@sumax.seattleu.edu (Dana Bagg) writes: >Seattle University, with 5000 students on a quarter system, will be >converting from an IBM 4381 DOS/VSE system running CICS and CINCOM's TOTAL >database to a relational database/client-server environment (we do want to >create as open an environment as possible). Given what you've learned >about the database, networking software, and application development tools >you selected (and education software, if applicable), and what you've >learned about other products in the meantime ... if you could choose again? >Another way of focusing responses - why not go with Oracle? A better choice would be Progress, 800/4PROGRESS or 800/FAST-4GL. Much better performance, and much faster development environment, especially for some of the kinds of tasks common to educational institutions, like scheduling, routing, resource allocation, and statistical analysis. It also makes a good instructional language. --Jon -- _/ _/_/_/ _/_/_/ / Jon Roland _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ / Starflight Corporation _/ _/ _/ _/_/_/ / 1755 E Bayshore Rd #9A _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ _/ / Redwood City, CA 94063-4142 _/_/ _/_/_/ _/ _/ / 415/361-8141, Mobile 415/999-UNIX / jdr@crl.com,jdr@starflight.com