Re: Why do I need New Era?

New Era is a good project, even thought it is lacking in its form builder. NewEra is really there 4gl++. It was made so that it would be a cross plateform product. It uses the MircoSoft's C++ 1.5 comipler, but it really just uses the c-compiler. Informix just did not want to have to create a c-compiler for ever plateform that was going to run NewEra. NewEra really shines in there lanuage. It is very powerful. NewEra will not be a great product until 2.0 which will be out in Dec. NewERa is really a new product, I think they let it out a little early. I am hoping that my Co decides to use the tool. Because I can see it making my life a lot easier in the long run. Even though development will take a little longer. but that is to be expected with an OOP. Since you have to do a lot more planning before you start writting code. NewEra should not be used for a quick and dirty application. But that is just my opinion. Matt On 26 Mar 1995, Tim Schaefer wrote: > Dear Friends :-) > > I'm now the proud owner of Visual C++ and Visual BASIC because the > local INFORMIX rep told me New Era needs Visual C++ to COMPILE the > code. So, like a good boy I installed Visual C++. I figure it's > a good idea to learn these products first before delving into New > Era. I have not aquired the New Era as of this writing. I bought > both the BASIC and the C++ for 'completeness'...Now on to buying > another hard drive as they take up a lot of space. > > After some reading of the Visual C++ books I also purchased, it became > clear to me why INFORMIX is going in the direction they're headed. > Visual C++ comes with a form designer, and ODBC SDK, and all kinds of > goodies you need to go client server to ANY data base. The big > question is, > > WHY DO I NEED NEW ERA? > > And sadly, WHY DO I NEED TO STAY INFORMIX? > > Microsoft is doing a VERY smart thing by dumping A LOT of value into > this product for the price. They GIVE AWAY the ODBC drivers to hit > ANY data base. I know I can access ( no pun intended ) any data base, > spec out ANY business plan, large or small, and develop client server > with this product. Am I too premature in my judgement? > > I was quoted $4550.00 US for New Era. What am I getting for this price? > Cars used to cost this much. > > I can buy a UnixWare server and a new PC for this kind of money, along > with software, and NEVER need INFORMIX to use as a data base. > > If I was in a large corporation where they have oodles of money, just > a 10-user license alone would be $45,500.00. Is this a good value? > Maybe I'm just cheap, but I thought the whole idea to business was to > MAKE money and not spend it foolishly. > > If INFORMIX really wants to be the leader, why don't they take notes > from Bill Gates? I hate contributing to Microsoft, but they ARE > driving the market, and business moves in the lines of least resistance. > If I can develop client server for 10% of the cost of INFORMIX, I am > going to do it. And imagine where that leaves ORACLE and SYBASE. > > Keep in mind when Windows 95 hits it will be a many-to-many host > environment, running WINDOWS, and some kind of network. The idea of > many-terminals-one-host will soon be a thing of the past, and the > data base of choice will be the cheap-but-good-one, because the data > base will be among several locations. Distributed and cheap, just like > the hardware. Inexpensive hardware changed this industry, and there's > a few folks up in the Pacific Northwest who said you can do it with > software too. ( If I'm wrong why are they going to bundle SE with New > Era? ) > > I hope I'm wrong. But if I'm not, well then it wouldn't be the first time > would it... > > New Era should be priced competitively with PowerBuilder, and all the other > products out there that address client server. Whoever gets the best > product on the market to the largest number of users is going to set the > standard. Just ask Bill Gates. > > :-) > >