Wingz vs. 4GL

Posted in 1992

Walt Hultgren {rmy} — Thu, 5 Mar 92 13:15:43 -0500 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Path: emory!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu!usenet.ins.cwru.edu!ukma!rsg1.er.usgs.gov!fmsrl7!slee06!hugh From: hugh@slee06.srl.ford.com (Hugh Fader) Newsgroups: comp.databases.informix Message-ID: <1992Mar5.171848.5743@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com> Date: 5 Mar 92 17:18:48 GMT Sender: usenet@fmsrl7.srl.ford.com (Unix News) Organization: Ford Motor Company Scientific Research Labs, Dearborn, MI Our Informix salesman is suggesting that because we want a GUI we should use Wingz instead of 4GL as a front end to the Informix database. Is this just because he doesn't have a GUI-4GL to sell me? Has anybody done a comparison of the two? What are the pros and cons of each? Our environment is Sun and Open Look. We wish to use the network interface to the database (Inet?). Thanks in advance. -- Hugh Fader hugh@slee01.srl.ford.com