Re: PowerBuilder Vs Oracle Developer

From: David Ng <David_Ng_at_mindlink.bc.ca>
Date: 1995/11/19
Message-ID: <48m8kc$eph_at_fountain.mindlink.net>#1/1


The following is my personal opinions and I wish it would be helpfule to you :

The score is (1-5) 1 is worst and 5 is best      PowerBuilder   Oracle 

> * Efficiency of Oracle database support 4 5
> * Usefulness of documentation
> * Maturity and reliability of installed base 5 ?
> * Cross-platform availability 5 3
> * Ease of use for developer 3 (4) 4
> * Responsiveness of technical/customer support 3 4
> * Vendor reliability and survivability 4 5
> * Amount of code needed to be written 3 5
> * Ability to display images of various formats 4 4
> * Users groups/forums 5 3
> * Ease of learning 3 (5) 4
> * Workstation resources required 5 2
> * Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) and VBX 5 ?
> * Integrated architecture 4 5
> * Functionality 5 4
> * Interface with external programs 5 3
> * Scalability (for software distribution) 3 4
> * Portability (for native feel-and-look) 5 4
> * Object-oriented language environment 5 ?
> * 3rd Party Support (legacy systems, DBA) 5 2
> * Licensing policy
> * Business graphics capabilities 5 3
> * Integration with CASE tools 2 5
>

p.s. The score in bracket means the score for using object library. Received on Sun Nov 19 1995 - 00:00:00 CET

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