Re: New Era, VB, Delphi, PB

Bret Lowry wrote: > > Mark, > Tim has a valid point. I've been programming in Newera for 6 months now > and am still hitting new bugs. If Informix truly intended on keeping the > product around for the long haul, wouldn't they attempt to debug their > code???? And the price of Newera is outrageous!!! You'd think Informix > would try to keep in line with the rest of the packages out there. > Considering the bugs and the price I can't believe Informix is doing > anything other than making a quick buck off the GUI age. > Also, I've seen the 3.0 beta, talk about disappointments. Oh come on Bret. All products have bugs. You don't HONESTLY think Informix don't test their code before shipping? You may be used to 4GL which is so evolved now, that if new bugs are found, they are actually considered features. And the price is the price. There are a lot of similiar products cheaper, and a lot of similiar products more expensive that NewEra. The biggest mistake people seem to make is comparing NewEra to products like Visual Basic. It's like comparing grapes to grapefruit. If you think Informix are just in it for a quick buck, then take a look at the beads of perspiration on any Oracle executive's forehead. ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mark D. Stock - The West Solutions Group http://www.west.co.za | | The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org | |mailto:marks@west.co.za +------------------------------------------------+ |Tel: +27 11 803 2151 |If it doesn't work... force it! | |Fax: +27 11 803 2189 |If it breaks... it needed replacing anyway! | |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Well, that's how I code anyway! | +------------------------+------------------------------------------------+