Re: Use of New Era

Posted in 1997

Mike Ripley — Wed, 17 Dec 1997 08:53:30 +0000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <MPG.f0061d7350c1e8b989680@sanfrancisco01.news.internex.net>, "Gerald B. Rosenberg" <gbr@fdml.com> writes >I am looking into upgrading our accounting system, currently implemented >entirely in i4GL. I am not looking to substantially rewrite the >application as much as moving to a GUI and client server architecture. >Changes in the current function of the accounting system will likely be >evolutionary. > >So the question is: Is New Era the right way to go? > >I know this question cannot be answered directly, but I would appreciate >any sense of how widely used New Era is and how frequently it is used as >the upgrade path from i4GL. > >Thanks, >Gerald > We tried a straight convert from 4gl to NEWERA. It was a disaster! We are now doing a re-design (which should have been done in the first place) and moving to PowerBuilder -- Mike Ripley