Re: Should we be using NewEra

"Alan M Cook" <alancook@global.co.za> wrote: >We have to develop a mayor application, which will take several years, and >we need a reliable supported development tool which will be maintained and >enhanced for a number of years. We are not in the research business. Our >vendor must safe guard our investment by providing transition paths for new >emerging technologies. Peace of mind is very essential part of the deal. >For us using the best database without a proper toolkit is like eating >gourmet soup without a spoon ' not enjoyable! >I am afraid that we might have reach the end of a road. Am I overreacting, >or is it time to change vendors before investing more money in a mayor >project which can potentially affect the life of many people? Despite what Informix say, I think NewEra is not the right product to use. If you want to stick to Informix products then have a look at Data Director for Java which is effectively NewEra for Java. It uses the same Window Painter and editor (Codewright) as NE v3. Even the Visual Class Library is similar. And it costs a lot less than NewEra. But if you go down the Java route, you should investigate all the major development environments. I think that Java is mature enough to use now. Have a look at www.eaglestardirect.co.uk. This is a Java applet which does online motor insurance quotes and allows you to buy it online as well. We have built a couple of large NewEra systems but we now use Forte and Java. Forte is expensive but the distributed object aspects of the product are way ahead of the others and if you need that capability then Forte is cheaper than writing it yourself. If Java or Forte are not what you want then you should probably use Delphi. David David W Chan GO5 Limited david@go5.com (work) dwc@cix.compulink.co.uk (home)