Re: Viewpont Pro OR Crystal Reports

Posted in 1996

Kerry Sainsbury — Sun, 30 Jun 1996 22:47:44 +1200 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <4qjtlp$mnq@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>, cherylk@prod1.jcdc.doleta.gov (Cheryl Kendricks) wrote: >ViewPoint -- "LIMITED". Something I've suspected since I'v seen their MetaCube. >Probally just as good as Crystal Reports (if not better). If relatively >the same, I say get Meta just so you can have ONE major Software Vendor >to work with your products. My understanding is that MetaCube is *expensive*. More akin to a full data-warehousing tool rather than a GUI reporting product. I heard $NZD 30,000 (about $USD 20,000) per CPU... - Kerry S ------------------------------------,------------------------------------------ Kerry Sainsbury, kerry@kcbbs.gen.nz | THE INFORMIX FAQ v2.5 June 96 Quanta Systems, Auckland | http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/ New Zealand. Work: +64 9 377-4473 | ftp://ftp.iiug.org/pub/informix/faq Home: +64 9 279-3571 | ftp://kcbbs.gen.nz:/pub/informix/