Re: Oracle/PowerBuilder users?

In article <3agdo6$m5i_at_dcsun4.us.oracle.com>, dbmoore_at_us.oracle.com (Dennis Moore) says:
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>I don't mean to offend anyone, so please don't flame me for this post.
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>I want to hear from people who are concerned about the continued likely
>openness of PowerBuilder, or lack thereof, particularly as it concerns the
>Oracle7 database. Oracle would like to assess what we can do to help you
>maintain your existing investments in the two products, as well as to provide
>you with options such as moving smoothly and inexpensively to CDE2.
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>If possible, please send me e-mail at 'dbmoore_at_us.oracle.com' or post to this
>newsgroup. Flames to '/dev/null' -- I am not looking for a religious war, I'm
>looking for people who are looking for serious options. Thanks,
>
>-- Dennis Moore, my own opinions, etcetcetc

Dennis,

PB has never been able to fully explore Oracle features such as SP and PL/SQL. PS blames Oracle for your incooperative and secretive approach. With this new merger, the open connectivity of PB could only get worse. CDE was grown up from an Oracle specific implementation. The image will stay the same for a while. It's certainly a good timing for Oracle to promote the CDE to PB community and it will have a long-term impact.

 Mason Liu                     Internet:    mliu_at_amoco.com
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