Re: Informix New Era

On Tue, 19 May 1998 11:08:21 +0100, "John Clynes" <jclynes@fmaily.co.uk> wrote: >hi, >For those who have had the unpleasant experience of using New Era, can >anyone confirm the rumour that the latest release (3.11) is to be the last? >I'm using 2.12 (a savage piece of bullshit) and was contemplating upgrading, >but if this is the end of the road, is there really any point? No >Finally, and this is a long shot, does anyone know, has anyone ever heard >of, or can anyone believe in a New Era to VB converter. (no harm in >dreaming). That would be a realy bad idea. Convert to Java instead. Then you can write server side code, client code, middle tier code, threaded code, you name it. It's a much better tool. If you don't think you need all the facilities now it's likely you will sometime quite soon. If you say you are a Windows (NT on the server) shop only then why lock yourself in totaly by writing code that can never run on any other platform. For application development we don't find the run *anywhere* idea of Java all that important, but we do find it important to be able to run our code some different places. Nils Myklebust NM Data AS Norway E-mail: Nils.Myklebust@nmdata.com FAQ at: http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html (Now with ODBC info under "Third party products".)