Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0
Date: 1996/06/27
Message-ID: <sundial.3342.01E8C7F2_at_primenet.com>#1/1
In article <4qusnj$qgq_at_scramble.lm.com> gkfar_at_telerama.lm.com (Ghost Rider) writes:
>I was wondering which one would be better to use for a large database
>application with Oracle? At first I thought that Delphi was better, but then
>Powerbuilder came out with version 5.0, which is supposed to be as good
>as Delphi 2.0. Does anyone have any incite as to which is better and what
>some of the more important differences are?
>Thanks in advance,
> Gary
I can't answer the question succinctly, Gary; no one can. There are two immediate follow-on questions that have to be answered:
(1) Better "at what?" (2) Is the "at what" for PB closer to the "at what" for Delphi, for what >> you << want to do?
Every product has things that it emphasizes, and necessarily it therefore has other things that it does not do as well as the competition. This is the basis for competition!
What you should do is to thoroughly map out your application, what it will require and how it must work; what the user's priorities are and are not. Then choose the best tool or mix of tools to do the job. Allocate your choices of compromises in the most informed way possible so that you achieve your goals of getting an acceptable application in-production, on-time and in-budget. Your choice of tool(s) will actually come =late= in the project.
/mr/ Received on Thu Jun 27 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST