Re: ISQL forms on NT?

Tim Schaefer wrote: } } Lynn Giles - Platforms wrote: } > } > We are planning on using either SE or Workgroup server on NT. Currently } > there is no ISQL for NT. We have over 200 UNIX ISQL forms and reports } > using which query as well as update. We need to port these to NT as } > quickly as possible. } > } > Has anyone had to convert UNIX ISQL forms/reports to NT to either } > NT SE or Workgroup server? If yes what did you use? } > } > Regards, } > } > Lynn Giles } > -- } } I just had to add my 2 cents worth, having seen what a lively discussion this is. } } I agree with many who say stay with what you have. You may want to ask why } you are moving to NT. And why the "quickly as possible"? Is the building on } fire? } } Microsoft could soon experience the supernova Apple went through. As hard as } this is to imagine, if they don't adopt a more open orientation, they will soon } be left behind. NT 5.x will be Active Sloth, so I wouldn't be too eager to } jump on this bandwagon. MS has a lot of security holes to patch, and not just } with the OS. Any company that is seriously considering NT better look at the } long term implications of this decision. You might be stuck with NT 4.0 for } quite a while. I'm looking at my conversion plan to convert my NT box into } a UNIX platform. UNIX will use the memory a whole lot better, and the GUIs are } coming. } And I add: Ask yourself what Microsoft knows about enterprise computing. What's their track record? Where do they want to go today? 8-) Who knows...NT 3.5 was substantially different looking than 4.0. 5.0 will be totally different than 4.0. And people talk about Unix! Do you want to be an enterprise beta site for Microsoft? If so, roll out the pain and suffering. Microsoft is a PC software company trying to make it in the "big" world. To do that, they have to learn from their mistakes, on behalf of their customers. Tim