Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0

What about Oracle's own Developer/2000 ... it took 4 of the 7 awards over both Powerbuilder and Delphi in Computer World when it came to developing for database applications.

sundial_at_primenet.com (Sundial Services) wrote:

>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 Fri Jun 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST