----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Shalaka S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 29, 2007 6:29 PM
Subject: Re: [indopb] Powerbuilder dying ??
> Whoever has published this article should be made to know that the arguments 
> made here in this article are baseless. Well PB is very popular amongst 
> developers and it has not only support amongst Sybase developers but 
> Microsoft developers as well. There is a clear-cut roadmap for PB as a 
> product and it is becoming more and more versatile now with support for Dot 
> Net framework. 
> PB is coming up with the latest version PB 11 and here is some interesting 
> note on PB from Sybase site.
> 
> PowerBuilder 11.0 will, within 90 days of its General Availability, support 
> Microsoft Vista operating system. PowerBuilder 11.0.continue to build and 
> deliver 32 bit applications, but will support run in both 32 and 64 bit 
> environments with Vista. 
> PowerBuilder 10.5.2 will support Vista for deployment by Q3 2007. 

Surely, no doubt on it, we'll wait & see. Don't forget about PFC, ORCA & 
special discount... :)

> Today, PowerBuilder developers are at the very bottom of the list of 
> in-demand application development and platform skills, with pay about equal 
> to Cobol programmers, according to Foote. 

I think, it just like what i told you in few days ago, graduated student from 
college can bring their technology into company. No campus / college in 
Indonesia uses PB, not like VB, Delphi, etc. 
In other case for company that already use PB, they are very hard to find PB 
human resources (programmer), finally they have to find another technology that 
have enough resources.

And for the PB books writer in Indonesia only 2 (Mr. Syachrial Chan & Mr. Ferry 
Djuandi). Comparation about the quantity of they books and other (VB / Delphi) 
could be 1:100 or maybe more. Few months ago, when Mr. Chan write PB with MSSQL 
Server 2005, he got appreciation Microsoft Certificates and blablabla that have 
total values about millons rupiah. What sybase's appreciation that have been 
given to them?
I believe, many indopb's programmer have ability to write PB books, but what 
for? With months used time, books writer only got royalty only about US$ 0.5 / 
copy that sold. With only 1 month project, they got thousands dollar. Which is 
mean, there are no motivation for them to write the books, except wasting time. 
That's all just my opinion.


Regards,



Not the best, only a www.h4rd3st.com one...


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