Re: Which GUI to frontend 7.1?

adamg@interconnect.com.au wrote: > > Let's hear from the audience: > > "If Informix were so bold as to introduce Java as an integral part of > the server and tools architecture, what would you do with it?" > After getting over the initial shock that INFORMIX actually wanted to play with the rest of the kids, and join the ballgame, I would actually be able to tell management we have a tool we can plan some long-range projects with. We might be able to see a front-end that's not so darn trendy it won't be around in six months. Will NewEra survive long enough to allow long-range planning? Will <Java> survive long range planning? These are hard questions. The life cycle of 4GL has allowed some complicated time-consuming applications to be built. It has the sophistication enough to do some great things. And we knew it was going to be around. But this new stuff??? I'm Java-happy right now, but also keeping one eye open. Yes, Visual Basic is still a contender, as well as Delphi. New Era? Hmmmmmmm. > For example, would Java be used for Intranet, Intranet applications > only (phone list, personnel photos, information kiosks); maybe some > elements of a datawarehouse (data mining tools, deployment of end user > access to the warehouse). > According to the latest streams, security is a real problem. Just setting up a web site, inside or outside your corporate network is now with an implied firewall. Even with the new Microsoft Tarantula product, where everyone gets to be a web site, a firewall of some sort seems to be necessary. But even firewalls are at risk with older browsers, etc. > At the extreme, would anyone really bet their OLTP systems on Java? We gotta test test test. > Will commercial users align their strategies and direction with a non > proprietary language for their core systems and effectively hinge the > viability of their business on Java. Maybe. I'm just asking. > Me too. I'm a skeptic, but hopeful. Maybe I'm excited now, and end up with something else. > I recall that CIO translates to "career is over". Will a CIO walk > into the CEO's office and say "Boss, I've saved US$350,000 on tools > and related vendor services by implementing all our new core systems > R&D in Java."? Maybe. I'm just asking. > > Adam > We're seeing a real 'revolution' in the computer business. Can it be so simple to say that the browser is now the new vt100, Javascript is the new shell-script, Java is the new C? I hope it's this simple. Maybe now we can get some stability. Or maybe the instability is what the big vendors are banking on. My brain gets quite confused over a lot of this, imagine what a CIO must be going through. :-) -- \\\\|// (6 6) ==============================---o00--(_)--00o---============================ Tim Schaefer tschaefe@encore.com tschaefe@shadow.net Encore Computer Corp http://www.shadow.net/~tschaefe =============================================================================