Re: new era

From Mark Lansley: * * On Wed, 2 Nov 1994, Steve Tenney wrote: * * } * } I was told by an Informix rep and also an Informix instructor that you * } should wait a year or so for New Era to become a more mature product * } with more functionality. The Informix rep told me that in it's current * } manifestation, New Era isn't nearly as robust as powerbuilder or uniface * } or visualbasic. * * Surely that's true of most software products ( with the obvious exception * of Nuclear Powerstation Control Systems :-) - Does anyone remember MS * Windows version 2.0? * * In terms of maturity, the products you mention do have a 2-3 year head * start on NewEra. 2-3 years? In this industry? that's more like 2-3 centuries. :-) * } * } * } +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * } Steve Tenney | The Older you get the higher your * } Hewlett-Packard Corvallis, ORE| NERD factor goes, no matter how * } 10e@hpcvsgen.CV.HP.COM | cool you were to begin with. * } | \\\\\\\\/ * } | ___(** \\\\\\ * } | (____ (g * } | \\<> /| * } | ---\\_\\ * } ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ * } * } * * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Mark Lansley <mark@dsl.com> | "Whoa!....Maybe I'll just pass * Druid Systems Ltd, UK | on my usual barking frenzy." * +44 932 571212 (Vce) 571552 (Fax) | * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ * Robert Minter |Data Systems Support| \\\\\\_/// Programmer, Software Development | Orange, CA | ( _ _ ) rob@dssmktg.com | Tel: 714.771.0454 | (| ^ |) De Colores - Emmaus OC-13 | Fax: 714.771.3028 | \\`-'/ #include <disclaimer.h> SURF'S UP \\_/