Re: Q: Developer/2000 for UNIX: is it easy to port a windows app to UNIX?

Peter Ebbelink wrote:
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> Could anyone comment on this:
> If I have a typical application, developed using developer/2000 on
> Windows, what would be the effort involved in porting it to UNIX? Oracle
> sales says it's a snap. This is the same as what Sybase made me believe
> about their PowerBuilder product, but I know better now :-( I wouldn't
> like to make the same mistake twice
> (I know: What's typical? But I need to get some idea. Cross out OLE and
> DDE. Just some
> advanced queries on several tables, some average data manipulating and
> presentation of resultsets, tabular, graphs and crosstabs)
>
> Response highly appreciated!
>
> Peter Ebbelink
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We have just gone the other (Unix => Win95)...

In terms of coding - there were very few changes to make....

In terms of GUI - thats another story...Its all simple to do - just time-consuming...

Have fun..

Cheers

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