Re: [U2] CentOS with Universe?

2013-07-28 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Thought I would report back that we went with Windows 2008 R2 Standard Edition. It was less expensive than RHEL with our host site, and our VAR did not want to go with CentOS onlly because Rocket does not support it. --dawn On Wed, Jul 17, 2013 at 9:41 AM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > We have a

Re: [U2] CentOS with Universe?

2013-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org < > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org> on behalf of Dawn Wolthuis < > dw...@tincat-group.com> > Sent: Wednesday, 17 July 2013 8:26 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] CentOS with Universe? > > Thanks to all who respon

Re: [U2] CentOS with Universe?

2013-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
h > Managing Director, U2 Servers Lab > Rocket Software > 4600 South Ulster Street · Suite 1100 · Denver, CO 80237 · USA > T: +1 720 475 8098 · E: dmcgr...@rocketsoftware.com · W: > u2.rocketsoftware.com > > > > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun..

Re: [U2] CentOS with Universe?

2013-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Hi Bill -- Ah, this time I'm in the client seat, desiring a hosted solution for Universe. We will choose the same box for starters for the web server as well. The VAR runs IIS on Windows, but Apache on linux. Given that info, which OS would you select for Universe 11.1? --dawn On Wed, Jul 17, 2

[U2] CentOS with Universe?

2013-07-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
We have a VAR who would prefer to load Universe and their application on a supported platform, but we would prefer not to pay for RHEL 6. I searched the list and found a few tidbits, but does anyone have a good list of what changes might be required to successfully run Universe 11.1 on CentOS? How

Re: [U2] Variable Interpolation

2012-09-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Maybe you were accepted after 10 days? --dawn Typed on a mobile keyboard On Sep 17, 2012, at 9:52 AM, George Gallen wrote: > I remember when I applied to a college back in the early 80's. Under the > question , which language do you > Most fluently speak, I put in "binary" (how geekish could

Re: [U2] Multivalue Work In South Dakota

2012-09-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I do not know the circumstances and did not read anything but I am minutes away from SD. I do know that all state colleges are under the board of regents running Ellucian software -- MultiValue for student systems (formerly known as Datatel) --dawn Typed on a mobile keyboard On Sep 12, 2012, a

Re: [U2] OT: A little "life" humor

2012-07-30 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
First, sorry about the breakup (that is, if you are) and second, that is great! I love it. Did you explain that walls were once physical but we could use them metaphorically? Now apparently they are virtual and we cannot. cheers! --dawn On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 10:08 AM, George Gallen wrote: > O

Re: [U2] Regarding: use of I - Descriptor

2012-06-25 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
In SQL Server, I think it is called UDF = user-defined function --dawn On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 3:20 PM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 25/06/12 17:47, Oaks, Harold wrote: >> Hi Satya: >> >> An I-descriptor is the same as an I-type (or a V-type). >> >> It's like a little program in the DICT (dictionary)

Re: [U2] Regarding: use of I - Descriptor

2012-06-25 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'll add a tidbit that some of the similar (not identical) names are: virtual field derived data calculated field computed column user-defined function stored procedure --dawn On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 11:47 AM, Oaks, Harold wrote: > Hi Satya: > > An I-descriptor is the same as an I-type (or a V-t

Re: [U2] Runoff ?

2012-06-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I loved runoff on the Pr1me. I wrote a COBOL book for a course in runoff during the summer of 1981, but rats I don't have the 9-track with the source anymore. While the cost of entry to current word processors is certainly lower, I really loved runoff. Word is much more frustrating to work with at

Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL

2012-05-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Horacio > Pellegrino > Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2012 12:16 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL > > I remember a company that went bankrupt because they s

Re: [U2] File Sizing using concurrent option AND FAREWELL

2012-05-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I have only seen SAP implementations from a bit of a distance and through reading stories, but in every case, my understanding was that those in charge of the project were gone before SAP went live. I have seen systems analysts and programmers survive the project, with plenty of stories once they d

Re: [U2] U2 accounting software question

2012-05-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Please let us know what you decide, if you could. Thanks! --dawn On Wed, May 23, 2012 at 12:32 PM, John Hester wrote: > Thank you to everyone who responded.  I have a decent sized list of > options to investigate. > > -John > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug

Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT

2012-05-02 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
imeout(serverUpdateTimer); > } > > David A. Green > (480) 813-1725 > DAG Consulting > > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis > Sent: Wednesday, May 02, 2012

Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT

2012-05-02 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
uter thinks it's doing > something > Rather than wondering "Is it DOING something" > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dawn Wolthuis > To: U2 Users List > Sent: Tue, May 1, 2012 5:30 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT > > &

Re: [U2] [AD] User timeout question

2012-05-02 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Wow memories. I'll speak up and agree with Allen -- solid products in the Pr1me world. 15 years is definitely an underestimate. This is a forum where we know that seasoned tools bring proven value. Thanks for piping up Randy. --dawn Typed on a mobile keyboard On May 1, 2012, at 11:21 PM, Randy

Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT

2012-05-01 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
ld only slow the process down, but they didn't care. They were quite > willing to sacrifice speed for a stupid little character twirling around. > Go figure... > > Regards, > Charlie Noah > > > On 05-01-2012 6:41 PM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > >> Good story, Laur

Re: [U2] READU vs READ and CRT

2012-05-01 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Good story, Laura! We are figuring out where we need animated gifs in a web app to indicate something is happening. They seem mostly unnecessary (with test data, which, granted, might be the reason they seem unnecessary at this point), so we are erring on the side of keeping them out, rather than

Re: [U2] Job: Hampshire College

2012-04-25 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
LOL. Thanks for the vote of confidence, Jeff. Back atcha. smiles. --dawn On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 5:51 PM, Jeff Butera wrote: > On 04/25/2012 05:30 PM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > >> P.S. Jeff, sadly I do not qualify for the position as I do not have a >> degree in Computer Sci

Re: [U2] Job: Hampshire College

2012-04-25 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Well, it is pretty impressive that Jeff (aka Dr. Butera) actually knows that his ERP system is running on U2/MultiValue/PICK while many Datatel administrators think of themselves as "Datatel developers" or "Colleague developers" or "Envision programmers" or, at a stretch, possibly even UniData deve

Re: [U2] Looking for Joe Vargas.

2012-04-20 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Hi Allen -- I think I saw Joe as a facebook friend of Nancy Smith's. If you would like Nancy's email address, let me know and I will look for it. It is now likely firstname.lastn...@ellucian.com (given Datatel's new company name). Tell Joe I still remember that he was the first person to get me out

Re: [U2] Graph DataBase

2011-12-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
volume loads within a web service delivery > environment. > > It's a good solid product for well established actively-promoted vertical > market applications which need to extend to the surrounding I.T. ecosystem. > > > > Dawn Wolthuis wrote: >> >> I do disagr

Re: [U2] Graph DataBase

2011-12-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
products are then it > will be difficult to convince people at a NoSQL meeting about something they > have never heard of. Very, very frustrating I know. > > Glenn > > > > > > Am 16.12.2011 02:13, schrieb Dawn Wolthuis: >> Good idea to attend. >> &

Re: [U2] Graph DataBase

2011-12-15 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Good idea to attend. Although I have some probably-not-great reasons (so I'll keep them to myself) for not having a lot of respect for Neo4J even without touching it, I think it is a really good idea to visit some of the many various NoSQL events when they are in your neck of the woods (they are u

Re: [U2] Extract first and last name from free-form name

2011-12-14 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'm late to the Party, but wrote this draft yesterday. Some of it has been covered, but I'll click send without further revisions. I did not see the original post on this (just the Re:) but you can only get somewhat close on extracting first or last names from a free-form name, not good enough to

Re: [U2] "Lite" telephony with MV [ad]

2011-11-28 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at 8:08 PM, Tony Gravagno <3xk547...@sneakemail.com>wrote: > > From: Dawn Wolthuis > > Looks great at first blush, Tony! I hope there are > > some companies that can make good use of it (and have > > the resources to make it happen). --dawn &

Re: [U2] "Lite" telephony with MV [ad]

2011-11-28 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Looks great at first blush, Tony! I hope there are some companies that can make good use of it (and have the resources to make it happen). --dawn P.S. Sorry about your investor problems. I'm being a chicken on that front because of all of the horrible stories I have heard. On Mon, Nov 28, 2011 at

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
sing. The great mergers > > > > > > > -----Original Message- > From: Dawn Wolthuis > To: U2 Users List > Sent: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 2:07 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Ardent programmers > > > Right, it does not have Sequoia under it when it has that name, it flows >

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
; That it wasn't renamed until after Sequoia was defuncta. > > > > > > > -Original Message- > From: Dawn Wolthuis > To: U2 Users List > Sent: Fri, Sep 9, 2011 1:47 pm > Subject: Re: [U2] Ardent programmers > > > I think from OA to SequoiaPro to mvEnterprise

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I think from OA to SequoiaPro to mvEnterprise. You can see that I bled mvEnterprise into the border. It is just a long word. --dawn On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Wjhonson wrote: > > Here it is. Sequoia ran Open Architecture from Pick Systems. > > They heavily modified it. I think they did,

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
#x27;s a slow Friday! >> >> -Original Message- >> From: >> u2-users-bounces@listserver.**u2ug.org[mailto: >> u2-users-bounces@**listserver.u2ug.org] >> On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis >> Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:15 PM >> To: U2 Users List &

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Oh, I can find a whole slug of 'em among the Datatel customer base. I did not know what a proc was until I peeked out into the larger MV world. Even now I have not purposely ever looked at a proc. --dawn On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 2:53 PM, Wjhonson wrote: > > By the way, I today, for the first time

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
eneral ever installed software from Pick and > ompany, but they did load Universe on several boxes. > wonder if there's a way to indicate that sort of distinction in your map? > I want to say that DG didn't get into Pick until around 1990, but I'm not > ertain of exac

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
o guessing, it's a slow Friday! > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis > Sent: Friday, September 09, 2011 12:15 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Ardent progra

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
with folk ;-) too much. cheers! --dawn On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:05 AM, George Gallen wrote: > See added text at the end (...) > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis

Re: [U2] Ardent programmers

2011-09-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Wow, what a Revelation! Are you saying he worked on the entire Cosmos? He must have been Ardent to Pick the Ultimate project, related to all of Reality, and stick with the whole Enterprise. The designer of the Universe must really have some Cache' so I would like him to Mentor me as I could use the

Re: [U2] Record Locks - How long should they last for? (Opinion)

2011-07-13 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
We use "optimistic locking" with a version number in each record (in our case Cache' handles the versioning based on our specification of the files, but either versioning or checksums works). This is a solid approach for web apps instead of using pessimistic locking. --dawn On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 a

Re: [U2] Interesting article

2011-07-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On Tue, Jul 12, 2011 at 2:46 PM, Tony Gravagno <3xk547...@sneakemail.com>wrote: > > From: Bill Haskett > > I wonder if this implies that those who U2 are all > > database "gurus"? :-) > > I get the humor but... > I need to create a distributed cloud-based MV environment, > obviously smaller than

Re: [U2] Pondering recent thread on compact framework

2011-05-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
. That was supposed to be removed before delivery. That poor programmer in the trenches. He/She/They apparently did not grasp the big picture or magnitude of deploying such code. --dawn On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 23/05/11 18:35, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > > As an

Re: [U2] Pondering recent thread on compact framework

2011-05-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
> your apple dev key. > > > Rgds > Symeon. > > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis > Sent: 23 May 2011 00:50 > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Ponde

Re: [U2] Pondering recent thread on compact framework

2011-05-22 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I agree. We will be migrating to html 5 soon but even where we are today, the pages work on the iPhone family (including iPod touch, iPad) as well as on android. So, while I can imagine preparing a Java wrapper for android and perhaps even an objective-c wrapper for apple to wrap the web site (not

Re: [U2] Say Galaxay

2011-04-27 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On the family tree chart (http://tincat-group.com/mv/MVFamilyTreeColor.pdf) I show pcVerse from Profile. When researching it, I recalling hearing mention of "multiVerse" but could find no one who was aware of any users of such a product. It does show up on pages like this http://www.thefreelibrary

Re: [U2] Who is Ed Clark?

2011-04-15 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
l helps to let you read comments in context if you know the basics > about the person making them. > > George Land > APT Solutions Ltd > U2 UK Distributor > U2UG Board Member > > > On 13/04/2011 19:02, "Dawn Wolthuis" wrote: > > > I'm late

Re: [U2] Who is Ed Clark?

2011-04-13 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'm late to the party on this thread, but I'll put in my two cents that Ed is one of those go-to technical guys who knows a ton about MV. He has helped me out many times. He doesn't seem like a marketing type to me at all (less than I am, for example ;-) [and I clearly am not as marketing folks kn

Re: [U2] Disclosing technology - Was 'Has anyone ever heard of Kyle Stetson?'

2011-04-10 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
ulnerabilities or execute 0-day exploits. > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis > Sent: Sunday, 10 April 2011 12:46 AM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Has anyon

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache

2011-04-10 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On Sun, Apr 10, 2011 at 2:39 AM, Wols Lists wrote: > On 10/04/11 02:47, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > >> > I am currently looking at how U2 fits in the cloud environment with > >> > products like Microsoft Azure and I think the model of U2 where each > table > >>

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache

2011-04-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Comments within. Again, I am a U2 fan, so I am trying to do a comparison, not a sales job, although I'm guessing it might sound a bit like Cache evangelism. I am pragmatic about my choices, so even if I want to like a more pure MultiValue platform (I started my career on a Pr1me computer, prior to

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache

2011-04-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
OK, now I'm not finding the ones I thought were on this channel, so search youtube for MultiValue and you will see both a little 6 minute-ish video and a 4-part video related to Cache for MV developers. --dawn On Sat, Apr 9, 2011 at 10:57 AM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > Hi Don -- Yes

Re: [U2] Opinions on Cache

2011-04-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Hi Don -- Yes, I have experience with UniData, SQL and SQL DBMS's, and I now work in Cache' However, I have only a very tiny bit of experience with SB and none with a conversion from SB+UniData to Cache'. Certainly I have a deep fondness for U2, but I had to make a good business decision a couple

Re: [U2] Has anyone ever heard of Kyle Stetson?

2011-04-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Thanks Dave for providing a first name. Is your name Dave Parkland? Are you willing to provide the name of your company? I think Laura mistook you as the OP for this post. I'm with Laura in thinking that in a forum like this, anonymity is not as professional nor as effective (or even comforting or

Re: [U2] Databasic conversion

2011-04-07 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Hi Symeon -- For what it is worth, in case it is helpful... I did not do a conversion but did do interviews, reading, and tests of a D3 app a while back, recommending the site moved, they would be well-served to choose UniVerse over UniData, although it was still definitely feasible with UniData.

Re: [U2] Epicor and Eclipse Was Re: PICK Systems Administrator position

2011-04-06 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
> > A few years ago, with Epicor's new president, George X... Epicor's newer > flagship product was released and runs on Microsoft SQL Server. > > --Bill > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto: > u2-users-boun...@listserver

[U2] Epicor and Eclipse Was Re: PICK Systems Administrator position

2011-04-06 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
This is fascinating, although I primarily know these products from a distance. Am I correct that Epicor was UniData. Is it now Progress instead? Have customers moved from UniData to Progress? Was this previously Intuit Eclipse that runs on UniVerse? What DBMS will this new company favor? Does anyon

Re: [U2] [OT] Site blocked

2011-03-24 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
herefore the clients have 'requested' that > access to that domain (among others) be restricted from within our network. > > -Original Message- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis >

Re: [U2] [OT] Site blocked

2011-03-24 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Bummer. I did a blog a couple of years ago on wordpress.com and was thinking of setting up one for someone else there, also a business blog. Is there a reason that wordpress.com is considered bad? Are they opposed to wikipedia and other professional resources that sound like they are too informal t

Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet?

2011-03-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
- >>> -Original Message- >>> From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users- >>> boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis >>> Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 1:17 PM >>> To: U2 Users List >>> Subje

Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet?

2011-03-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
-- >> > Glen Batchelor >> > IT Director/CIO/CTO >> > All-Spec Industries >> > phone: (910) 332-0424 >> >   fax: (910) 763-5664 >> > E-mail: webmas...@all-spec.com >> >   Web: http://www.all-spec.com >> >  Blog: http://blo

Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet?

2011-03-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
--- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Jon Wells > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:57 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet? > > I wonder if Sierra Bravo has something like that.

[U2] Does anyone have an MV BASIC cheatsheet?

2011-03-23 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I have cheatsheets for JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for training student interns but do not have one for MV BASIC. It's a long shot, but just in case anyone has one, I'd love to see and use it. Thanks. --dawn -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Take and give some delight today

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

2011-03-22 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Got it. I understand now. cheers! --dawn On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 8:12 PM, David Jordan wrote: > Hi Dawn > > I was raising an issue of etiquette to put names to emails so that everyone > knows who they are dealing with and it is transparent that there are no > hidden agendas.  Not everyone kno

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

2011-03-21 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
David -- This is Will who was on the original U2UG board with us -- seems like a long time ago, eh? --dawn On Mon, Mar 21, 2011 at 5:43 PM, David Jordan wrote: > First Fft2001 Can we have your name.  How do we know that you are not someone > from a competitor like Oracle trying to make Rocket l

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

2011-03-20 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
A little correction--I see that my first sentence made little sense after I edited it incorrectly. I intended to say something like "Because I am no longer a significant user of UniData as I once was, I hesitate to pipe up ..." --dawn On Sat, Mar 19, 2011 at 3:38 PM, Dawn Wolth

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

2011-03-20 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Sheesh, you guys. You were both on the board IIRC when we discussed whether to pursue setting up as a legal entity in the US and/or elsewhere. We decided not to do it then. Obviously that could be discussed again, but I would not fund such an organization if I were Rocket, and I do not see a compel

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

2011-03-19 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Because I am no longer a significant user of UniData as I once was, I will pipe up on this question about what I see as the most important role of the U2UG. When the idea came to me to work with folks to get this off the ground, my thinking was that it would be useful to have such an organization t

Re: [U2] 'U2 Market Place' {Unclassified}

2011-03-09 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
It looks like it might be a good idea, but will have trouble uniting the MV world (as it indicates is the intent) with the name of U2 Market Place. Hmmm. I'm thinking that perhaps the Cache', D3, Revelation, jBASE, QM and Univision folks might not jump at the opportunity?? If the name were adjusted

Re: [U2] Pick Dinosaurs

2011-02-07 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I started on a P300 that I think might have been running Primos 3, then we got a 400 running Primos 4. I think it was either the upgrade to Primos 5 or 7 (details are too blurry at this point) when we had significant issues with a upgrade, not the least of which was that the cobol compiler was brok

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
1/01/11 21:25, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: >> PrimeOS was originally written in Fortran (then later I thought it was >> C -- was it PL/I?)  --dawn > > As someone (as a customer) who dabbled in this stuff, the original > versions of Primos were written in FORTRAN - which is why a

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Groovy! Thanks for passing that along. --dawn On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 3:52 PM, Clive Hills wrote: > It was mostly PL/I later. > Re your earlier post I see Northgate are now actively marketed Reality as a > NOSQL database with added SQL! > > Clive > ___

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
PrimeOS was originally written in Fortran (then later I thought it was C -- was it PL/I?) --dawn On Mon, Jan 31, 2011 at 2:52 PM, Clive Hills wrote: > I note that PrimOS written by Prime was done in later iterations in PL/1. > Projects like UV/UD and others originated on Prime. > I think it's li

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
; some of their version of PICK OA was probably written in PL/I as well. >From > inside of Stratus Pick you could call out to PL/I transaction processing code. > > On Jan 31, 2011, at 1:34 PM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > >> And you think that PICK wasn't? OK, OK, it was origin

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
And you think that PICK wasn't? OK, OK, it was originally TRW, but running on IBM hardware (IBM 7090) and IBM was certainly in the mix for getting from Nelson's flow charts to an actual implementation. But, yes, you are right that the languages were developed by different companies. cheers! --dawn

Re: [U2] Pick History

2011-01-31 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I don't know of any connection between the languages of PICK and PL/1 other than the timing. The similar terms would make sense because they were the words of the industry (some coming from Fortran, for example). MV BASIC stemmed from Data/BASIC which also took some terms from Fortran. I do not kn

Re: [U2] Migration (OT)

2010-12-24 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Oh wow, it sure is hard not to jump in on this one, but it's Christmas Eve so I will render quick opinion and hope that the conversation is still going on when I really have a chance to respond. A couple of opinions -- 1. Were it not for the standardization of SQL, a majority of BI would be more

Re: [U2] NoSQL

2010-10-22 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I missed the "not" in "is not at all fleshed out" On Fri, Oct 22, 2010 at 8:16 AM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > Hi Shawn -- > You can see Curt Monash's response to my comment on this page > > http://www.dbms2.com/2010/08/18/nosql-hvsp-adoption/ > > <http:

Re: [U2] NoSQL

2010-10-22 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, > when > all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.' > > > > > - Original Message > From: Dawn Wolthuis > To: U2 Users List > Sent: Thu, October 21, 2010

Re: [U2] NoSQL

2010-10-21 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I made a passionate pitch to a few folks in a meeting at Spectrum this year that we start marketing our niche that way. It wasn't met with disdain, but also not with a lot of interest, it seemed. The nosql.com and .org domains are held by an MV person since a few of us coined the term in 2006 or s

Re: [U2] Unidata Hashing

2010-09-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Hi Jeff -- Yes, I suspect that is exactly what you want to do. In our code where we sign something to use with an Amazon API, we have the following two lines. [I know you know this is OO-enhanced mvbasic, using delivered libraries in Cache', but I'll indicate that here for anyone else who might oth

Re: [U2] 24 X 7 MV systems

2010-07-29 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
You said "MV system" rather than something more specific, so I would encourage you to look at Cache'. I think it has the best features in the MV space in this regard (as well as scalability and other ilities). --dawn On Mon, Jul 26, 2010 at 8:38 AM, Baker Hughes wrote: > Hey y'all, > > I'm inter

Re: [U2] UI standards

2010-07-13 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
What is your target run-time environment? Is it Windows or browsers or a particular browser or Androids or iPhones or ...? --dawn On Tue, Jul 13, 2010 at 2:34 PM, Susan Joslyn wrote: > An immense amount of good information has come from this thread. Thank you > to everyone for sharing your ins

Re: [U2] UI standards

2010-07-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Sorry for not proof-reading before sending. The possessive ' in "its" alone is torturous. smiles. --dawn On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:44 AM, Dawn Wolthuis wrote: > I have done a lot of reading in this area too, finding some of the best > information by googling for HCI (hum

Re: [U2] UI standards

2010-07-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I have done a lot of reading in this area too, finding some of the best information by googling for HCI (human computer interface) and UX (user experience) sites and blogs. In addition to reading about UI theory, it makes sense to zero in on the particular run-time environment, such as a browser a

Re: [U2] Very much OT - AUTO: Haydon Bishop is out of the office (again)

2010-07-01 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Yeah, I was thinking Will knew something we didn't re the "fit" option. On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Dan Fitzgerald wrote: > > He might be keeping fit. > >> From: fft2...@aol.com >> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2010 17:13:31 -0400 >> To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org >> Subject: Re: [U2] Very much OT - AUT

Re: [U2] Very much OT - AUTO: Haydon Bishop is out of the office (again)

2010-07-01 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
LOL and Hi Dawn. --dawn On Thu, Jul 1, 2010 at 3:43 PM, Davis, Dawn wrote: > I am making a FB group as we speak > > Dawn Janel Davis > Database Manager > dda...@carrollcc.edu > 410-386-8058 > > Carroll Community College > 1601 Washington Road > Westminster, MD 21157 > > > -Original Messa

Re: [U2] What a Long Strange Trip This Has Been!

2010-04-26 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Congratulations Karen. I will dare suggest that that grandma thing is s much cooler than .NET, but congrats on both fronts. --dawn On Mon, Apr 26, 2010 at 4:37 PM, Bessel, Karen wrote: > After jumping from lily pad to lily pad several times over the last several > years, as my employers have

Re: [U2] Quick poll - how many use 3-tier or N-tier Architecture

2010-04-15 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
On Thu, Apr 8, 2010 at 12:16 PM, Baker Hughes wrote: > Would those of you mind responding that use 3-Tier or N-Tier architecture - > I'm trying to gather some quick numbers for some decision makers (somewhat > urgent). > > Please respond if your site, or sites who you service have UniData, > UniVe

Re: [U2] [UV] Essbase or other BI

2010-03-04 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Re the wiki comment -- I changed the Multidimensional page way back when to include multivalued IIRC, the someone removed the multidimensional page pointing it to OLAP. The stub of a MultiValue page I started (please anyone jump in, we are all busy and I just stubbed it in a while back) pointed to

Re: [U2] Agile and Scrum

2009-10-19 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Some good summary information here, Dave. One note about not needing specialized software is that you use a white board with post-it notes. Using a Kanban board (or similar) with Scrum makes a lot of sense if you are colocated. If you are a distributed team, a tool like scrumy.com might be a good w

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
; From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Dawn Wolthuis > Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 3:32 PM > To: U2 Users List > Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2 > > Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is

Re: [U2] Agile and Scrum

2009-10-15 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Good job and thank you for writing that up. I've been trying on the scrum front, after having some past project successes with various agile techniques, but I do not feel like I'm particularly successful on the Scrum front. We have our "tickets" for requirements (user stories) and tasks in Trac,

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-12 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Love the U2-rocket story, Dominic. I don't know if there is any U2 in Russia or related countries, but I understand that some PICK or PICK-a-like system was used to track Russian spies in the US, perhaps all the way to the end of the cold war. If anyone has details on that, such as which MV flavor

Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2

2009-10-07 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'm impressed that they actually used the MultiValue[TM] word on this page. That it is still a trademark of Spectrum, right? I don't recall them using that when they were IBM, although they might have. --dawn On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 12:41 AM, Ross Morrissey wrote: > http://www.rocketsoftware.com/u

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-21 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
We have talked about this before, Laura, and I find it fascinating. You are the only person I know to have met both Pick and Codd in person, although there might well be others on this list. I had not recalled the information about the presentation by Goodman. Good info. I wish this thread were not

Re: [U2] Worst Case/Best Case

2009-09-18 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
HI Harold -- I'm confused. I don't even see a post from me in this thread. What are you reading from me that has the word "proof" in it. Did you mean "Wol" instead of "Dawn" below? Otherwise, could you provide the quote from me? Thanks. --dawn On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 4:37 PM, Oaks, Harold wrote:

Re: [U2] Problem with Multi-value market in general

2009-09-18 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
The one statement below that isn't the way I would say it at all is "As cache was already multivalue, they added the PICK flavor to their flavors just like flavors on UniVerse." Their native data model is broader than MV, so they (Jim Idle of jBASE and many others) wrote MV to sit on top of the M

Re: [U2] Why we haven't heard from Rocket

2009-09-18 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I was guessing that was the case. In that case, I am impressed with the information they did put out there regarding how they have worked with other products to give the U2 community hints that they should not be freaking out. The fact that you, Susie and others seem pleased with this move should g

Re: [U2] Change is a coming! [not-secure]

2009-09-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
So are they not yet free to make an actual announcement or what? Just curious. --dawn -- Dawn M. Wolthuis Take and give some delight today On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 10:47 AM, Hennessey, Mark F. wrote: > I believe this is more in the way of a "Happy New Year" type message. > > > > -Original M

Re: [U2] Problem with Multi-value market in general

2009-09-17 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
What do you mean "just"? For building a new app, they got to the top of my list a couple of years ago. Now that they (Cache') have a number of conversions from various mv platforms under their belts, this change in U2 ownership might prompt a few more folks to think about migrating, but for the mos

Re: [U2] Change is a coming! [not-secure]

2009-09-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
I'm going to have to do some brain science to figure this all out. --dawn On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 6:57 AM, Ross Ferris wrote: > No, but the process may be as complicated and straight forward as Rocket > Surgery!!! > > Ross Ferris > Stamina Software > Visage > Better by Design! > >>-Original

Re: [U2] Change is a coming! [not-secure]

2009-09-16 Thread Dawn Wolthuis
Laughing. I'll probably quote you on that one sometime, Wol. Cheers! --dawn On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 2:46 PM, Anthony W. Youngman wrote: > In message > > , "Hennessey, Mark F." writes >> >> >> Huh, does this make me a Rocket Scientist? >> >> >> I'll go out on a limb and guess "No"   ;) >> >

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