Re: Delphi 2.0 vs. Powerbuilder 5.0

In article <31E631B4.203F_at_valstar.co.uk> Euan Garden <epg_at_valstar.co.uk> writes:
>Rik Brooks wrote:
>[snip]
>> Look at the rates for consultants in NYC. VB $50-80, Delphi (I only found two and no rates quoted), PB
>> $95-130... (New York Times) Case Closed.
>> --
>> Rik Brooks
>> http://www.pics.com/byte/dojo.htm
>> -----------------------
>> The views expressed by the author are not neccesarrily those of his clients.
>> But they are still correct.
>
>Haven't we already had this discussion about rates? And wasn't
>there a quote that people are willing to be paid less so
>they don't have to work with PB/VB and get to work on
>Delphi instead!
>
>Personally speaking I am working in a mixed PB / Delphi environment
>but we are about to make a decision to use a single tool and
>if that tool is PB (5 or not) I will be seeking a different
>employer.
>
>Euan Garden
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>[These opinions are my own and not those of my employer]

I don't know anything about either product (I'm reading this in cdo), but I've heard that Power-Powerbuilder programmers skip the tools and just write the 4GL code. I was wondering if this were true?

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