Re: character-based tools on NT?

Posted in 1997

David Williams — Sat, 30 Aug 1997 02:02:14 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <5u7kov$b7f@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, KENDRICKS CHERYL <KENDRICKS_CHERYL@heb.com> writes > > > > >The threads to these messages have been shorted for brevity. But the bottom Same here.. the short answer I believe is that onmonitor is written in 4GL. Informix will not port 4GL to NT just so that they can write onmonitor! a) It costs too much (NT is nothing like Unix at the C level). b) Other database vendors e.g. SQL Server, Sybase provide flashy GUI tools for database admin. A character based tool would look poor compared to these tools. People using NT expect a GUI interface as everything else running on NT has a GUI interface. If Informix provide a GUI tool why develop a character based tool? -- David Williams