Re: NewEra vs. Developer2000

"Timothy M. Hood" <timhood@bigfoot.com> wrote in article <5eldeq$7uh@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... > } ksizer@danriver.com wrote: > } > > } > We are literally a couple of days from bringing either [Informix and New > } > Era] -or- [Oracle and Developer2000] into our company. We have a new > } > RS/6000 and more to follow (i.e., the vendor we choose will determine our > } > direction for the foreseeable future). > } > > } > } Might I start by mentioning that our company has both Informix and > } Oracle in-house (we are a consulting company). > } > } > If *anyone* out there using NewEra (especially a beta of 3.0) has a strong > } > opinion for or against, please reply. > } > > } > } While I'm not yet working with 3.0 (it's on the way), I have had a good > } amount of exposure to it thanks to a couple of meetings with some local > } Informix Senior Systems Engineers. My brief opinions: > } > } Informix NewEra compiles, to C++, and offers tight integration with C++ > } code. > } Developer2000 generates a better GUI for forms than NewEra 2.2, because > } it is more 3D. NE 3.0 with negate this advantage. > } In the words of the biggest proponent of D2000, their ODBC connectivity > } is weak. > } IASPO (In any sane person's opinion), an Oracle database is far more > } difficult to administer. > } My D2000 co-workers tell me that the D2000 report tool is weak. In > } particular, two of those people were people who have worked with > } Informix 4gl. > } > } My opinion is biased, but I've given the Oracle guys here a chance to > } speak, and the only thing they can say is how the forms look nicer on > } D2000. I tell them wait until they see 3.0. > } > } Tim > 1. I haven't seen NewError 3.0 yet 2. We are using Oracle/Designer and Informix/PowerBuilder for "Enterprise" applications. 3. If you will have "mixed" application (C-S/host-terminal) you can look at GOOEY (Data Pacific, www.datapac.com, brucep@datapac.com) HTH, Josef Dufek ISS Brno, Czech Republic jdufek@iss.cz