Re: [U2] Secrets was Vinnie Smith

2012-12-21 Thread George Land
n the same way as Rocket does in the USA. On 21/12/2012 13:32, "Wjhonson" wrote: > I think George that Rocket sells direct and also through VARs in the U.S. > Not just direct. > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: George Land &g

Re: [U2] Secrets was Vinnie Smith

2012-12-20 Thread George Land
> My clients are not going to ring up their "local Rocket distributor" who has > never once tried to make contact directly, and at any rate when they feel the > software needs to be replaced they will start by "doing their own research". Bearing in mind that you are in the USA your clients won't h

Re: [U2] Secrets was Vinnie Smith

2012-12-20 Thread George Land
But in reality does that happen with any regularity? If it does then the obvious first place to look is the Rocket web site, if that gives no joy then your local Rocket sales rep or Distributor. Obviously if this happens a lot for a lot of people then producing some sort of guide does make sense,

Re: [U2] Vinnie Smith

2012-12-19 Thread George Land
On 19/12/2012 20:57, "Wjhonson" wrote: > If you "know who to ask" why not publish the list of who sells what? > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: George Land > To: U2 Users List > Sent: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 12:43

Re: [U2] Vinnie Smith

2012-12-19 Thread George Land
The only people really who sell the database without an application are the distributors, everyone else is selling OEM with the database bundled in the application. As distributors we don't have a list but we know our own customers and if someone is after an application that is in a particular ver

Re: [U2] Vinnie Smith

2012-12-19 Thread George Land
I first met Vinnie over a System Builder 5.1 application at the Home Office in Bootle, Liverpool, UK in 1988 or 89, so yes, he goes back with SB and MV a long time and he's been in the U2 team in Denver for many years - I'd guess 10 or 15. George > > > On 19/12/2012 17:02, "Daniel McGrath" wr

Re: [U2] Reasons to continue with Software vendor support

2012-06-30 Thread George Land
Whilst another partner could provide a support service they can't provide Rocket maintenance for licenses sold by someone else. However there is a process you can go through with Rocket to keep your licenses on maintenance, get in touch and talk to them. George Land On 29/06/2012

Re: [U2] Universe/Unidata in the Cloud

2012-06-04 Thread George Land
s. > > Thank you, > > Robert Houben > IBM Certified Solution Advisor and Architect - Cloud Computing Architecture > Chief Technology Officer > FusionWare Integration Corp. > p: 604-777-4254 x158 > f: 604-608-5544 > http://www.fwic.net > LinkedIn Twitter FaceBook >

Re: [U2] Universe/Unidata in the Cloud

2012-06-04 Thread George Land
ut it. I'm not saying that it will be agreed to, but if it's a sensible proposal that brings in decent revenue there is every chance it may be agreed. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 04/06/2012 14:41, "David Wolverton" wrote: > They do have an "

Re: [U2] Universe/Unidata in the Cloud

2012-06-04 Thread George Land
. But talk about it with whoever you buy from. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 03/06/2012 07:22, "Robert Houben" wrote: > I should clarify my question. What is the legality behind licensing a SaaS > (or BPaaS) offering with a U2 system behind it? > >

Re: [U2] Calling U2UG Members

2012-03-10 Thread George Land
debate on what that direction should be. George Land (And apologies if you get this twice, my first sending of it seems not to have made it) On 09/03/2012 17:12, "Daniel McGrath" wrote: > Hi Brian/U2UG, > > Now that I work for Rocket, I'm not sure if I should still

Re: [U2] Community list - was Reliability doesn't raise enough issues to keep the list busy

2011-05-06 Thread George Land
On 04/05/2011 18:10, "Bob Wyatt" wrote: > > Please kill this, or move it to Community (which has effectively killed crap > like this before)... Moving things to Community kills things for me because although I am subscribed to it nothing ever comes from it. I thought it was just quiet but, for

Re: [U2] Reliability doesn't raise enough issues to keep the list busy

2011-05-04 Thread George Land
I doubt you'll ever believe me, until Rocket send you your branded skateboard that is! On 03/05/2011 17:52, "fft2...@aol.com" wrote: > We'll all believe you, when they are published. > What's the link again? > > > > In a message dated 5/3/2011 4:21:55 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > george.

Re: [U2] Reliability doesn't raise enough issues to keep the list busy

2011-05-03 Thread George Land
abase that the true strengths lie. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 03/05/2011 10:00, "Symeon Breen" wrote: > I am with Tony on this one, I frequent a number of .net forums, there is > massive dialogue on these - not because of bugs, but because people are

Re: [U2] Reliability doesn't raise enough issues to keep the list busy

2011-05-03 Thread George Land
How a product that is growing can simultaneously be dying is a bit of a mystery. Sitting here with last quarter's sales figures for U2 in the UK I can definitely say it's not dying, they look very healthy indeed. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 03/05/2011 06

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye... Reasons not to say goodbye.

2011-04-29 Thread George Land
lenge everyone involved in U2 faces. You can move forwards, embrace new technologies and new ways of thinking and working and take what you have in U2 into those worlds or you can sit in the corner grumbling about how good green screen is. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor & supplier of software and services to the membership sector. ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye... Reasons not to say goodbye.

2011-04-28 Thread George Land
. By all means do that if you want, but your employers or customers will move on even if you do not. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye...

2011-04-27 Thread George Land
what they need to know about U2, much quicker and cheaper than taking veterans who expect their experience to mean they are paid a lot of money and who struggle to understand what we are talking about when we say XML, REST, http GET & POST etc. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye...

2011-04-27 Thread George Land
Well, SB/XA takes your SB application so that it can run in a browser. That's not converting it to html, it's still working like a client application but it is in a browser and accessible from anywhere. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 27/04/2011 18:45, "

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye...

2011-04-27 Thread George Land
e to do a whole range of stuff and improve the effectiveness of a range of users and so save or make the customer money. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 27/04/2011 18:36, "fft2...@aol.com" wrote: > In a message dated 4/27/2011 9:59:18 AM Pacific Daylight Time, >

Re: [U2] Saying Goodbye...

2011-04-26 Thread George Land
ended with U2, pure U2 doesn't cut it any more. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 26/04/2011 17:57, "Mike Randall" wrote: > Doug, > > I think you make an excellent point about too many in the U2 space that > fail to show what the technology c

Re: [U2] Who is Ed Clark?

2011-04-13 Thread George Land
that I am Chairman of the U2 distributor for the UK tells you that I may be reasonably well informed about U2 and Rocket and potentially a little biased as well. It all helps to let you read comments in context if you know the basics about the person making them. George Land APT Solutions

Re: [U2] Who is Ed Clark?

2011-04-11 Thread George Land
on't use this list to try and influence is also something I have a lot of respect for. But if the list is to stay credible and open then we should all at least state if we have an influence. to post on a U2 list and omit to say that you work for a competitor is not, IMHO, acceptable behaviour.

[U2] Who is Ed Clark?

2011-04-11 Thread George Land
Intersystems then say so and let people judge your comments in that context. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache -- SB+ and web applications.

2011-04-11 Thread George Land
spending a lot of time redoing existing stuff. U2 has all sorts of ways of developing web orientated applications, that's the switch we have made with our application building on what we have rather than reinventing. George Land On 11/04/2011 17:31, "Ed Clark" wrote: > yes, if y

Re: [U2] Databasic conversion

2011-04-11 Thread George Land
butors, so there is a Rocket U2 presence in the UK, Switzerland, France, Spain, Italy, South Africa, Australia and Japan all of which offer local sales and support services. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 11/04/2011 13:03, "Mecki Foerthmann" wrote: > Symeon, &

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache

2011-04-09 Thread George Land
at is perfectly OK as it is. So I'd ask what you feel you would gain moving anywhere, is there something that you feel you can't do on the platform you are on? George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 10/04/2011 01:07, "Don Verhagen" wrote: > Group, > > I

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-22 Thread George Land
>> I would like to see the U2UG look in a bigger way at MultiValue >> industry affiliations and how our niche of the industry can play ball >> and be more visible and figure out how to play with industry >> organizations outside of the MV space as well as within. Just my two >> cents.   There is a

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-21 Thread George Land
orrect my "factual incorrectness" by telling us what money Rocket > is providing for U2UG ? > You're saying that my claim that they aren't providing any is factually > incorrect. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Original Message-

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-21 Thread George Land
m for anyone to do that. George Land APT Solutions Ltd Sent from my iPhone On 21 Mar 2011, at 06:21, "Glen Batchelor" wrote: > > I don't see why memberships must be free in the first place. Every user > group i have been involved in required dues to be paid in order t

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-20 Thread George Land
> > I'm not telling people, I'm telling a company. > Rocket wants something out of U2UG but won't give it the financial backing > it needs. > That's not productive. > Can you please scream a lot because everybody loves it :) > > The problem with that point of view is that you don't know what R

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-19 Thread George Land
hin the community and represents that community to the vendor. It simply doesn't have the resources, particularly it doesn't have people with time to outreach in any meaningful way. That's not to say that outreach isn't desirable, but it's not the only focus. George Land Chairman, A

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-18 Thread George Land
t what their strategy is? Do you have any information about what they are doing? U2 is sold OEM, license numbers are growing, revenues are growing, ISVs are prospering. OK, so there are less companies doing their own in house development, but that is the way the market is moving. Today it is

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-18 Thread George Land
On 18/03/2011 17:53, "fft2...@aol.com" wrote: > Any group is only as effective as the resources they have at their > disposal, including money. So yes, without money I'm going to be pointing > fingers > at Rocket to ask, where's the financial support Rocket? > Are you being deliberately perve

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-18 Thread George Land
e board when I say that we would welcome any help that anyone is willing to give. George Land U2 User Group Board Member ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-18 Thread George Land
ficulties within it, not least where to incorporate and the problems inherent in being an international group. So don't blame Rocket for not providing a budget, if they provided money we don't have the ability to accept it. George Land U2 User Group Board Member _

Re: [U2] U2UG Elections 2010 - Request For Comment

2011-03-16 Thread George Land
cher argument is largely spurious, as a VAR our customers use our application, they have to come to us for support and maintenance, it is written into their contracts. I'm not particularly concerned about other people approaching them, what they buy from us isn't

Re: [U2] RPL was Pick History et al

2011-02-08 Thread George Land
Ahh, RPL! My first MV experience was 4th Feb 1983 when I met a CMC Reality running RPL at a bus factory in the English Lake District. Several years working on manufacturing software that originated from SMI followed both there and at Trifid in Cheshire on Ultimates and Adds Mentor (running RPL+)

Re: [U2] UK U2 University registration now open

2011-01-30 Thread George Land
otels. To book go to http://www.u2uk.com or email u2ukadmin at u2uk.com George Land APT Solutions Limited Rocket U2 UK Distributor On 28/01/2011 11:23, "George Land" wrote: > APT Solutions, on behalf of Rocket Software, are pleased to announce that > registrations for the UK

[U2] UK U2 University registration now open

2011-01-28 Thread George Land
Solutions Ltd, this must be paid prior to the event in order to attend. To book accommodation call 0871 942 9160 and quote discount code ³RSI². For any queries please contact your Rocket or APT representatives. Regards George Land APT Solutions Limited Rocket U2 UK Distributor

Re: [U2] Jet

2010-08-25 Thread George Land
Thanks but the snag is that he sold it to vmark, or so he says and I guess he'd know but rocket don't think they own it now... George Land APT Solutions Ltd On 25 Aug 2010, at 18:15, "Wols Lists" wrote: > On 25/08/10 17:04, George Land wrote: >> Happy memories

[U2] Jet

2010-08-25 Thread George Land
Happy memories... We have a customer that is using JET to output documents, does anyone know who (if anyone) owns JET these days? George Land APT Solutions Ltd UK U2 Master Distributor ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http

Re: [U2] mv.NET and U2.NET

2010-08-13 Thread George Land
That would be great if someone is able to do it. They'd need to be truly independent, have the requisite technical experience, get buy in from all the vendors concerned and have the resources to build and test. That would be great, but it's not a trivial thing to do. Georg

Re: [U2] mv.NET and U2.NET

2010-08-12 Thread George Land
ion, but mine is as a vendor with a declared interest and I don't see vendor comments about the products they sell being welcome here. I don't see others doing it and, other than correcting errors, I'm not about to do it myself. George Land APT Solutions Limited U2 UK Distributor

Re: [U2] mv.NET and U2.NET

2010-08-12 Thread George Land
Tony, On 06/08/2010 10:16, "Tony Gravagno" <3xk547...@sneakemail.com> wrote: >> From: George Land > (TG: Putting this up top) >> Please stick to telling us about what you know and not being >> negative about competing products that you don't know. >

Re: [U2] mv.NET and U2.NET

2010-08-04 Thread George Land
ibe it as 'frozen in time'. Please stick to telling us about what you know and not being negative about competing products that you don't know. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor ___ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users

Re: [U2] mv.NET and U2.NET

2010-08-04 Thread George Land
cluding support for SSIS and SSRS, LINQ, Silverlight and support for U2 Automatic Data Encryption. With it, you can access your U2 Data with SQL commands (like select, insert), U2 style access too (U2 Subroutines, unnest, DynArray Class, CALL LIST and SQLExecDirect), or through XML (TOXML, GETX

[U2] {AD} Vacancy in Sydney Australia

2010-05-20 Thread George Land
APT Solutions ­ Product Developer Company: APT Solutions www.aptsolutions.net Profile: Leading U2 based software house supplying to high profile member organisations Location: Central Sydney Title: Stratum Developer Salary: $60- $75 dependant on experience plus pe

Re: [U2] Terminal Emulator and Telnet Client for a MacBook Pro

2010-03-19 Thread George Land
As do I, with SBClient in coherence mode it is pretty much indistinguishable from a native Mac app. Just the buttons in the top right not top left. George On 18/03/2010 21:43, "Leroy Dreyfuss" wrote: > They will. I use Parallels. > > Sent from my iPhone 3Gs > > On 18 Mar 2010, at 6:36 PM, "

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-26 Thread George Land
>> George >> >> Thanks, seems I was misquoted or the price has fallen (it was a while >> ago). >> At around 1700 GBP (with underlying licence) that's more reasonable. >> >> Brian >> >> -Original Message- >> From: u2-user

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-25 Thread George Land
since it should cope with more than 5 users at any one time. George Land APT Solutions Ltd On 25/09/2009 10:50, "Brian Leach" wrote: > George > > Thanks, seems I was misquoted or the price has fallen (it was a while ago). > At around 1700 GBP (with underlying lice

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-25 Thread George Land
On 25/09/2009 09:51, "Brian Leach" wrote: > My beef is quite simply with the price of pooled connections. With the cost > of the underlying licence, you are talking around 3,000 GBP plus AMC per > connection, which means 10 shares costs around twice the amount you can buy > SQL Server Enterpris

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-24 Thread George Land
It is the exception, you are deemed to be using an approved connection pooling mechanism and a redback webshare costs the same as a connection pooled database license except for the fact that that you need to buy a database license as well as the redback license George On 24/09/2009 23:39, "Char

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-24 Thread George Land
gt; overhead for going off and on is INSANE in any way I've tried to make > it >> work... >> >> So - I understand your point George -- I am in the same headspace! >> >> David W. >> >>> -Original Message- >>> From: u2-users-boun...@listse

Re: [U2] Connection Pooling Statement

2009-09-24 Thread George Land
On 24/09/2009 16:45, "Doug" wrote: > George, > > We do not do connection pooling or use multiplexing software. I'm sorry, I didn't mean to imply that you did. I was trying to make a general point that you need connection pooling licences if you connection pool however you do it. > > We scale

Re: [U2] Universe web connectivity

2009-09-24 Thread George Land
licences. It doesn't matter whether you use the connection pooling facilities they provide, from a legal and commercial perspective you must buy them, you can't use normal database licences. George Land APT Solutions Ltd ___ U2-Users mailing li

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-19 Thread George Land
. That's the beauty of cup football, it not only can happen, it does happen. On 19/09/2009 18:05, "Mecki Foerthmann" wrote: > Yeah - and pigs can fly. > We're talking professional sport here. > But then some people seem to believe that they see real fights in > Pro

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-19 Thread George Land
ed up in some provincial team and won't ever get the chance to > play at Wembley at all. > > George Land wrote: >> On 17/09/2009 16:19, "Charlie Rubeor" wrote: >> >> >>> Like most guys, I relate best to sports analogies. This feels

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-19 Thread George Land
On 17/09/2009 16:19, "Charlie Rubeor" wrote: > Like most guys, I relate best to sports analogies. This feels like getting > traded from the Yankees to the Orioles. For those of you across the pond, > think of being transferred from Chelsea to West Ham United. > It's a good analogy - if you ar

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-17 Thread George Land
Customers do come and go, the thing with U2 is that you don't see most of the customer base because it's an OEM product, most of the customers run someone's application. That's the market and U2 is becoming just part of the mix for most VARs. Our application is U2 based but the code is increasing

Re: [U2] GOOD NEWS From Susie

2009-09-17 Thread George Land
re is a profit to be made from licence > and support fees, and when that runs out they let it pass away.. > The U2 products will "survive" OK, but all we're most likely going to > get in future are maybe some patches but no new development. > > Nobody buys a busi

Re: [U2] GOOD NEWS From Susie

2009-09-16 Thread George Land
may more than recover the purchase costs. > So everybody wins as far as the investors are concerned. > Who cares about the members of the U2 team, VARs and their staff or us > MV-professionals who work for U2 end users? > > I prefer to be a pessimist - at least that way you never ge

Re: [U2] GOOD NEWS From Susie

2009-09-16 Thread George Land
here is in that organisation. Hopefully Rocket is a smaller, more responsive organisation. We've lost the name but maybe we've gained some product and technical focus and maybe we've got an organisation that will promote the product and understand it. George Land BSc(Hons) MBCS Chairman &

Re: [U2] GOOD NEWS From Susie

2009-09-16 Thread George Land
Personally I view it as a very good sign that they are taking a back seat and letting the U2 people get their message out to their customers. Sure a message from the new owners is needed soon but not doing it up front is a sign that they are interested letting the team get on with the business wit

Re: [U2] U2 being sold!

2009-09-16 Thread George Land
" It doesn't look like a place that products go to die, but a place they go to survive." Dawn, that's a great desciption George On 16/09/2009 15:41, "Dawn Wolthuis" wrote: > Yes, I read that too, along with seeing IMS mentioned on their site. > It doesn't look like a place that products go to

Re: [U2] Unidata to Universe port

2008-08-15 Thread George Land
but do mean that you can find the extent of the problem fairly easily. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Master Distributor On 15/08/2008 02:41, "Eugene St. Clair" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello: > > Does any one have any experiences they would be willing to

Re: [U2] Green Software -> Green Business

2008-07-31 Thread George Land
Here in the UK there is a Government scheme under which you can buy a bicycle tax free so long as your employer has signed up. I don't know the details or anyone who has done it though. George On 31/07/2008 11:27, "Susan Joslyn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ross, > That's funny - and sad. My

Re: [U2] OT - Pick mentioned in letter to the editor...

2008-07-08 Thread George Land
t; > A few years ago the one of Microsoft's directors of development wrote an > article (I believe it was titled One Step Forward, Two steps back) > wherein he pointed out how the original Pick Data model was so good. > > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [U2] OT - Pick mentioned in letter to the editor... [not-secure]

2008-07-08 Thread George Land
I know what you mean, but the concept that Pick did virtualisation in the 70s and that the world would have been a different place if Dick Pick had lived longer are stretching credibility. But there is certainly something in the 'nothing is new' analysis. Years ago mainframes used dumb screens wh

Re: [U2] OT - Pick mentioned in letter to the editor... [not-secure]

2008-07-08 Thread George Land
Interesting, it's a shame that what he says isn't really true. George On 08/07/2008 19:59, "Hennessey, Mark F." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This appeared in the letters to the editor section of the July 1 > Software Development Times > > > > HIS PICK FOR AN OS IS CLEAR > > > > I read

Re: [U2] How to tell if running a subroutine though RedBack

2008-06-26 Thread George Land
There is a slot where you can specify the name of a program that gets called when a responder starts. We use that to initiate the COMMON block and in there we put REDBACK into one of our common variables and check that everywhere it matters. George Land APT Solutions Ltd UK U2 Distributor

Re: [U2] Record Locking Problem

2008-05-08 Thread George Land
Agreed, I've not seen anything in this thread that needed fixing. George Land www.u2k.com On 08/05/2008 21:22, "Wally Terhune" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > fix what? > I didn't follow this very closely as I don't recall even seeing what > database or v

Re: [U2] comm idea

2008-05-07 Thread George Land
Yes - we do I'll email off line George On 07/05/2008 14:27, "Bob Witney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyone used these peoples web service??? > > > > Bob > > > > > Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail and any attachments are intended solely > for the addressee and may contain confidenti

Re: [U2] Universe compatibility question

2008-04-16 Thread George Land
10.1.23 is certified on SBS, earlier versions aren't. So make sure you have that release or 10.2.x. George Land www.u2uk.com On 16/04/2008 20:50, "David Scoggins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know of any compatibility issues with UV 10.1.x and > Windows

Re: [U2] Difference between Universe and Unidata

2008-04-12 Thread George Land
. But unless you need these more advanced/obscure facilities it isn't going to make a great deal of difference which you use. George Land www.u2uk.com On 11/04/2008 22:33, "waivic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is more like a marking question. I go through the int

[U2] [ad] Event - Inviting all UK U2 users

2008-02-20 Thread George Land
is welcome to attend. Further information can be found at u2uk.com or register now at http://www.u2uk.com/register I hope you are able to attend and look forward to meeting you there. George Land APT Solutions Limited U2 UK Master VAR www.u2uk.com

Re: [U2] RE: Switching from D3 to U2

2008-02-01 Thread George Land
I have had a number of responses directly as well as to the group, I'll be putting together a document on it and will look at publishing it. But if anyone specifically wants a copy please let me know and I'll email it when I have it. george.land@ (remove) u2uk.com George Land APT

[U2] Switching from D3 to U2

2008-01-30 Thread George Land
I am in the process of putting together a document to support the case for switching an application from D3 to U2 but my knowledge of D3 is a little old and hazy. Has anyone any product or technical justifications for switching over that they would be willing to share? Thanks George Land APT

Re: [U2] Cool stuff for a Friday

2007-11-23 Thread George Land
Another vote for the mac. I use a MacBook Pro with 4Gb RAM, Leopard and Parallels. I use GotoMeeting but from within the Windows VM. Using Parallels in Coherence mode means that Windows apps are available as though they were Mac apps, the drives are accessible in Finder and you have the best of

Re: [U2] Who has the largest Windows U2 installation?

2007-09-13 Thread George Land
have to do anything special to the installation beyond the normal tune > up to U2 paramaters? > > And with 250 users, how much ram is that box running? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of George Land > Sent: Wednesday, Sep

Re: [U2] Who has the largest Windows U2 installation?

2007-09-12 Thread George Land
We have a 250 user implementation, been running for three or four years now without any problems. We've got another with 120 users, and several more around the 100 mark. With some decent hardware it's fine. George Land www.u2uk.com On 12/9/07 19:15, "Marc Harbeson" <[

[U2] [AD?] U2 Website

2007-09-10 Thread George Land
the U2 user group and the product availability matrix that others may find useful. George Land BSc (Hons) MBCS Business Development Director APT Solutions Ltd +44 (0) 1952 214000 www.aptsolutions.co.uk ** This email and any

Re: [U2] Converting static to dynamic

2007-07-24 Thread George Land
letting it grow. It will be quicker to copy and will perform better. Once created we haven't seen any serious performance issues so long as they are managed. It's not as serious as managing a static file but you do still have to keep an eye on them and resize them once in a while Georg

Re: [U2] universe/unidata question

2007-07-24 Thread George Land
rly I think I'm right in saying that UniVerse is ahead on some security & excryption issues. But then UniData has EDA if you want to put data out into DB2...and so on. UniData's dynamic files work fine these days although you still have to do a bit of management of them George Land A

Re: [U2] U2 University link

2007-07-22 Thread George Land
;L" for pounds and not the "$" for > dollars, hence using the "#" character? Interesting. > Thanks > - Original Message - > From: "George Land" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: > Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:24 AM > Subject: Re: [U2] U2 Uni

Re: [U2] U2 University link

2007-07-21 Thread George Land
My understanding is that the UK price will be changed to #500. Still more than the US ones but better than the #650 shown on the web site and reflective of the fact that it will be more expensive for IBM to deliver it in the UK than in the US. George Land, APT Solutions Ltd On 21/7/07 23:56

Re: [U2] Credit Card Verification Software

2007-06-28 Thread George Land
Brian, It depends on how you want to do it, we have software that works from the mv server (UniData in our case) and posts the data to a payment provider getting the appropriate messages in return. It has the advantage that being server based it can be used by anyone using any device and we can d

Re: [U2] Casing Programming

2007-06-11 Thread George Land
The reason many of us use upper case is that we started on systems that only supported upper case. Then at one time some were case sensitive and some were not, making porting from one place to another a nightmare if you hadn't been consistent. Then factor in that if you do your code in upper cas

Re: [U2] Large Unidata Windows Sites

2007-03-30 Thread George Land
re on Solaris > today but have trouble getting staff with Unix competence these days so we are > looking onto the possibility of moving to Windows 2003. > > TIA > > Bjvrn Eklund > --- > u2-users mailing list > u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > To unsubscribe pleas

[U2] OFS experience anyone?

2005-06-14 Thread George Land
ts to share about OFS? Regards, George Land Technical Director APT Solutions Limited www.aptsolutions.co.uk <http://www.aptsolutions.co.uk> --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

[U2] AD: Vacancy in Telford, England

2005-06-14 Thread George Land
developing customised software for clients ranging from simple changes to the development of new modules. U2 knowledge is required and SB+, RedBack and/or java would be beneficial. If interested please forward details to recruitment AT aptsolutions.co.uk Regards, George Land Technical Dir

RE: [U2] Invoking UniData & running a program

2005-06-08 Thread George Land
Unfortunately I don't always want to quit the login if running on the console, I'd only want to do it if the original udt command was followed by something. Regards, George Land Technical Director APT Solutions Limited www.aptsolutions.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[U2] Invoking UniData & running a program

2005-06-08 Thread George Land
his (I can't see one)? Regards, George Land Technical Director APT Solutions Limited www.aptsolutions.co.uk <http://www.aptsolutions.co.uk> --- u2-users mailing list u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

RE: [U2] UniData file sizing weirdness

2005-04-04 Thread George Land
Thanks, type 1 has improved the hashing it hasn't solved the length of time the process takes though so the answer to that must be somewhere else. Regards, George Land Technical Director APT Solutions Limited www.aptsolutions.co.uk -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [m

[U2] UniData file sizing weirdness

2005-04-01 Thread George Land
about 12.00) The items all have keys like 98555*NO*W*NO-Z48*ENG*N and the body of the items are 25-30 characters. We've tried it as KEYONLY and as KEYDATA using the default split load and merge load for each one. Anyone any ideas what is going on/things to check? Regards, George Land Tech