Re: Metacube: Pros, Cons, or Comments?

On 12 Aug 97 at 19:03, Tim Schaefer wrote: [Data whorehousing snipped] > Anyway, is there any consensus from the end-user or Informix > employee crowd (Jack?) on Metacube? Well, as and end-user/developer, it seems to be a pretty good solution: all the agents for snazzy back end work are there. Explorer is good, but not exceptional (PowerPlay by Cognos can do pretty much everything Explorer can, and I'm sure there are other front end tools in the same league)... > What's been going on with Metacube? Just had a major upgrade to 3.0. > What are the life-cycle plans for Metacube? Integration with IUS and, I imagine, NewEra. Hehe. > Will it work with IUS??? I understand that they're working on Datablades for Metacube. > Is there a "better" product that competes with Metacube, and what is > it? Well, the Oracle rep's been telling me just how hot Express is... :-) Nah, they're all much of a muchness. IMHBNRSIO. You might want to have a look at Holos, now owned by Seagate Software. They claim to be focusing on complete EIS, of which DW is only a component. It _looked_ good... :-) HTH. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ear in Johannesburg, Murder Capital of the World.