Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0

an133911_at_anon.penet.fi wrote:
>
> 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/Oracle's Developer/2000 also took top awards last week in InfoWorld's
Product Comparisons (well over Dephi).

Ken Ingram
Metasys, Inc.
kingram_at_interramp.com
kingram_at_metasys.com Received on Fri Jun 28 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST