Re: NewEra vs. Developer2000

} ksizer@danriver.com wrote: } > } > We are literally a couple of days from bringing either [Informix and New } > Era] -or- [Oracle and Developer2000] into our company. We have a new } > RS/6000 and more to follow (i.e., the vendor we choose will determine our } > direction for the foreseeable future). } > } } Might I start by mentioning that our company has both Informix and } Oracle in-house (we are a consulting company). } } > If *anyone* out there using NewEra (especially a beta of 3.0) has a strong } > opinion for or against, please reply. } > } } While I'm not yet working with 3.0 (it's on the way), I have had a good } amount of exposure to it thanks to a couple of meetings with some local } Informix Senior Systems Engineers. My brief opinions: } } Informix NewEra compiles, to C++, and offers tight integration with C++ } code. } Developer2000 generates a better GUI for forms than NewEra 2.2, because } it is more 3D. NE 3.0 with negate this advantage. } In the words of the biggest proponent of D2000, their ODBC connectivity } is weak. } IASPO (In any sane person's opinion), an Oracle database is far more } difficult to administer. } My D2000 co-workers tell me that the D2000 report tool is weak. In } particular, two of those people were people who have worked with } Informix 4gl. } } My opinion is biased, but I've given the Oracle guys here a chance to } speak, and the only thing they can say is how the forms look nicer on } D2000. I tell them wait until they see 3.0. } } Tim