Re: New Era vs. Powerbuilder vs. ???

In article <4fvfot$nat@brickbat.mindspring.com>, <gibbs@mindspring.com> writes: > Path: news.NetVision.net.il!psinntp!psinntp!psinntp!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.i nternetmci.com!in2.uu.net!news.mindspring.com!usenet > From: gibbs@mindspring.com (Tamar Piehler) > Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix > Subject: New Era vs. Powerbuilder vs. ??? > Date: Thu, 15 Feb 1996 14:34:22 GMT > Organization: MindSpring Enterprises > Lines: 43 > Message-ID: <4fvfot$nat@brickbat.mindspring.com> > NNTP-Posting-Host: gibbs.mindspring.com > X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 > > Hi, > > I'm the I.S. Manager of a mid-sized company in GA. We have been using > Informix 4.0 SE for many years. The time has come for us to upgrade > and also our users are wanting a GUI interface. > > The plan is to: > 1.upgrade our Informix to be more current, and we need BLOBS for image > storage. > 2. rewrite most of the software we have today, as there have been > substancial changes in the way we do business. > 3. Provide BOTH a GUI and a Character based interface for our users. > > It's this #3 where I am seeking information. > > I went to the Informix Southeastern Users Conference a couple weeks > ago. They had a brief demonstration of New Era. It looks good, but I > don't know what other things exist in the marketplace. I am looking > for suggestions and contacts. > > I see from the thread running on this board that PowerBuilder would be > an option. Who makes it? Can anyone tell me how to get more > information? I'm also open to any oppinions on it. > > Are there other ways to build both a GUI interface while maintaining a > character based screen. > > Also, if it plays into your oppinion, our staff does not have any > experience with Object Oriented coding. We either need to get > something 4GL-like -or- get training in Object Oriented code. > Is one easier to learn than the other. > > Our environment is an IBM RS6000, running AIX, and XWindows. PCs > running X-windows emulation (Exceed by Hummingbird). We just > installed the XWindows and XWindows emulation to get ready for the GUI > interface once it's build. Today the users are looking at character > based screens through the emulation. > > Thank you for any input you might have. You can post responses or > send them to me at "gibbs@mindspring.com" > > Tamar > hi tamar regarding your message about Informix New Era vs. Powerbuilder, i think you better check also Uniface V5 or v6. This env. can give you a gui as well as Ch. mode and true Object Oriented code. we are developing c/s application based on this tool and informix if you want more information please e-mail to : roy@liraz.mhs.compuserve.com or royb@netvision.net.il