RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
You can afford a version control system? -Original Message- From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 26 September, 2004 9:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Surely you use a version control system in a multi-programmer

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Susan Joslyn
Of course, if you have PRC and Wintegrate (not just dynamic connect) then Unieditor can lock (and check out and track) the file you are editing. Just so you know... Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:16:46 -0400 From: Dave Walker [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Ross Ferris
September 2004 7:13 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe One thing I miss from the Prime editor is overlay. All you had to do is space out to where you wanted to overly the text and overlay with the new characters. It was very useful when you had a long string

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Ross Ferris
] Comparison Unidata and Universe IMHO. They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do. They are both M/value (Pick-like, post-relational, NFNN ...) multi-user databases running on *nix or Windows

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Rosenberg Ben
I wrote: -Original Message- From: Rosenberg Ben UniVerse BASIC does have some ULT features (for example, ULT EXECUTE syntax) which are missing from UniVerse BASIC. Oops. I meant to say that UniVerse BASIC has some ULT features that are missing from *** UniData UniBASIC ***.

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenberg Ben Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:49 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe -Original Message- From: Dawn M. Wolthuis

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenberg Ben Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:49 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe -Original Message- From: Dawn M. Wolthuis

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Jerry Banker
You're right about this. My Sister worked pretty extensively with the internals of VMS and she said when she looked at the code of NT she said it was very close to copyright infringement. - Original Message - From: Rosenberg Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] was that UniData was already running

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Bruce Nichol
Goo'day, IIRC, isn't there a HAL document as part of Win NT4 documentation - Hardware Acceptance Layer - something to do with hardware and peripherals that'll work in the NT4 environment.? More spooky! At 13:23 28/09/04, you wrote: Stuart Boydell wrote: shift one letter to the right:

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Womack, Adrian
That'd be the Hardware Abstraction Layer -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Nichol Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Goo'day, IIRC, isn't there a HAL

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Rosenberg Ben
Please post follow-ups to the U2-Community list. The two primary authorities on the origin of the letters NT are Dave Cutler and Mark Lucovsky. Dave Cutler has confirmed the WNT = VMS incremented urban legend, but Cutler's confirmation isn't very credible, and is probably one of his noted

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-26 Thread Dave Walker
Gordon Glorfield wrote: I absolutely hate AE. Come on folks, can we please join the rest of the human race in the 21st century? The eighties are over. Even back then I felt the old Jet editor was better than ED/AE. Now, in the 21st century, I use the UniDebugger exclusively for both coding

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-26 Thread Adrian Matthews
Surely you use a version control system in a multi-programmer environment? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: 26 September 2004 20:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Gordon Glorfield

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-25 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
. www.tincat-group.com Take and give some delight today. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Little Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Piers

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Bob Little
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since this thread seems to be going on forever.. Yes, it does. But we've strayed considerably from my original question which was: What's the difference between UniVerse and UniData? -- Bob Little Graphik Dimensions, Ltd. High Point, NC --- u2-users mailing list

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Piers Angliss
IMHO. They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do. They are both M/value (Pick-like, post-relational, NFNN ...) multi-user databases running on *nix or Windows servers. They have an

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Bob Little
Piers Angliss wrote: IMHO. They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do. Where are you coming from and where do you wish to go We are running AIX/D3 right now. The question has been

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Kryka, Richard
] Comparison Unidata and Universe I didn't voice my opinion earlier because I know this list has a lot of developers with more experience in both than I do, but here goes... flameproof suit on One of the most critical elements in the MV market has been cross-system compatibility. Companies have invested

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Results
Bob, Why two different products? What's the difference? The reason for two products is historical. UniVerse and UniData were originally developed by different companies. They used to compete for the same market share. In a practical sense, the difference I've seen is that UniData tends to be

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Piers Angliss
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Piers Angliss wrote: IMHO. They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do. Where are you coming from and where do you

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Karl L Pearson
I second VI-Improved (vim, gvim, etc.) as a free download. I've installed in on my RS/6000, too. The syntax hi-lighting is awesome and customizable. But for me, one of the most awesome features is its 'many-level' undo. For those interested in a few basics of vi, I wrote a white-paper entitled

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Warren, Phil
: Louis Guillaume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Adrian Matthews wrote: Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? Absolutely! From what I've seen, most

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Scott Richardson
, September 23, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our shop that uses vi on a regular basis. I still can't

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Gordon Glorfield
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren, Phil Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:24 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread BNeylon
PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our shop that uses vi on a regular

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Jerry Banker
23, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our shop that uses vi on a regular basis. I still can't figure

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Paul Trebbien
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our shop

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread GarryS
look deep within yourself by any means and immediately forgo digesting the original message. -Original Message- From: Jerry Banker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe One thing

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-22 Thread Louis Guillaume
Adrian Matthews wrote: Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? Absolutely! From what I've seen, most folks who take the time to learn vi will never go back. The only thing AE is good for is macro-fixing savedlists of records, IMHO. It really astonishes me that

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-20 Thread Claus Derlien
-Original Message- From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? Yes, our lead

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-19 Thread Dave Walker
Adrian Matthews wrote: Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? I've been using full screen GUI editors for years now. I think I'd pull my hair out going back. Eight hours a day five days a week. Of course, I use vi at home, too. By choice. Regards, -- Dave Walker

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Adrian Matthews
2004 22:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe I know this is probably not the highest on others lists, but the UniData editor is like god next to the pitiful excuse of an editor that UniVerse provides. I don't understand why IBM doesn't release the UniData editor

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Allen E. Elwood \(CA\)
Kevin King Wrote: If the S/A is paranoid and won't open up ftp access, and there are no other good transfer tools available, it's easier to open up AE and make a couple of minor changes Yes, that's when I use my full page editor written in U2. All the comforts of a windows based editor, but

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Kevin King
://www.PrecisOnline.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood (CA) Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Kevin King Wrote: If the S/A is paranoid and won't open up ftp

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread bruce nichol
Goo'day. Talking of freebie U2 editors, wot about UniEditor from Martin Scholl? http://www.martinscholl.com/ Very pretty... At 11:47 18/09/04, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony which of the below are freeware? I'm surprised you asked, but the only freeware editor below is from mvtools.net.

[U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread George Smith
Group, I was just talking to someone like myself who is trying to decide between Unidata and Universe. We are coming from d3 and mvBase and really would like someone experienced with both to give and overview of the strengths and weakness of both - that is Unidata vs Universe. Thanks to

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Kryka, Richard
] Comparison Unidata and Universe Group, I was just talking to someone like myself who is trying to decide between Unidata and Universe. We are coming from d3 and mvBase and really would like someone experienced with both to give and overview of the strengths and weakness of both - that is Unidata vs

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Bob Little
Robert Paterson wrote: In the latest releases UV has the AE editor - so you can have the best of all worlds... The problem with the comparisons is that it all depends on how you are using D3 now and more importantly which elements are make or break. Everyone's shopping list is different. If you

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread FFT2001
Tony which of the below are freeware? As far as editors go, there are third-party products which have been ported cross-platform. In my opinion, anything is better than ED or AE once you've used a real editor. - My personal favorite for simple editing is wED, which is the Windows EDitor built

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tony which of the below are freeware? I'm surprised you asked, but the only freeware editor below is from mvtools.net. I hope I didn't imply otherwise. [Moderator-friendly snippage] wED from AccuTerm: http://www.asent.com mvToolbox http://mvtoolbox.com/ RED, CRED,