Re: Old fat guys coming and going

On 12 Oct 97 at 12:38, Con Woodall wrote: > On Sun, 12 Oct 1997, Jack Parker wrote: > > > At 09:04 AM 10/11/97 +0200, you wrote: > > >In fact, if I may digress for a moment, the fat head who made > > >that observation has clearly forgotten the history of that > > >useless and insignificant product, Informix-4GL. I mean, was that > > >a pointless product, or what? Clearly Informix *don't* know how > > >to write decent tools.... <grrrrr> > > > > Excuse me? Did I hear someone complain that i4gl is a pointless > > product? Billy, you've been out in the sun too long. > > > I'm betting that Billy was being ironic, but I must question > "Informix don't" and am going with "Informix doesn't". Well, yes, I was being ironic. I've bet the farm on Informix to date, even down to the MetaCube for DW projects. And we have a huge investment in NewEra. And I don't employ people who can't write 4GL. If there was ever proof that Informix *can* write a brilliant tool and the rest of the market be damned, it has to be 4GL. Otherwise, we'd all be using xBase compilers against our SE databases.... So what if the lemming-like hordes are off to VB? An application development environment with no usable support for team development? Or Java (sorry Nils)? Words fail me. And anyway, you don't want to get me started on these pillocks who say that NewEra is crap... :-) Tubbily yours.... -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ear in Johannesburg -- Murder City never looked so good! Get FAQ'ed at http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html PISCES Feb. 19 - Mar. 20 You have a vivid imagination and often think you are being followed by the FBI or CIA. You have minor influence over your friends and people resent you for flaunting your power. You lack confidence and are generally a coward. Pisces people screw small animals and pick their noses.