Re: INFORMIX 4GL/RDS FOR

Sally Woolrich <Sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk> wrote: >In article <3r07ej$sks@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu> > timothy.hood@sltrib.com "Timothy Hood" writes: > ><snip> >> I'm sorry, but after having dealt with Windoze crap for far too long, I >> must respond. Stating that Windoze will make everyone happier is a patent >> phrase that is summarily incorrect. ><snip> > >I agree very strongly! Our product is still character-based (UNIX not DOS) >and for people like repairs clerks (clarks?) basing in lots of info all >day long, it's ideal. Pushing evryone into a Windows or Windows-like >environment regardless of need strikes me as a stratagy invented by a >PC manufacturer! PCs may be getting cheaper - but show me the 200-pound >PC which can run Windows! > >-- >============================================================================ >Sally Woolrich | This mail contains my personal >sally@excelsis.demon.co.uk | views not those of my employer! >============================================================================ Windows and client server have a long way to go. They won't be worth the trouble until the following areas are cleaned up: - Windows becomes a "real" operating system (i.e. OS/2 and NT) for the masses. - The client server model becomes fully three tiered. Today, the windows environment looks great but isn't practical, (except perhaps for reporting functions). It will get there (~1998?), but in the meantime why not use and improve what works, like character based 4gl on Unix. -- John H. Frantz My views ARE the views of my employer (frantz@centrum.is) who happens to be myself