Jeff In viewing older applications does not reflect the current status of the database product.
I have an application written in Universe that has SQL table level security as you would find in an Oracle database, it uses transaction control and rollback recovery as you would find in an Oracle database, It hase SQL access through ODBC and OLEDB, it interfaces with .Net, Web Services and java is a future option. There is little that is in Oracle and SQL Server that is not available in Universe in some form. But there is a lot in UniVerse that is not in the other RDBMS's. There is a variety of Object Oriented languages that can acces UniVerse, why create a new one and I use BASIC for Business rules in the application which is a lot more mature than some SQL Programming Language. What Dawn is raising is that there is a perceived basis that RDBMS is the ideal solution and PICK is archaic. The question is that if this is true, why do the majority of conversions from PICK to an RDBMS lead to major disasters and often the CEOs job and I have witnessed that frequently. I have worked with a variety of RDBMS over the years and I still believe that todays PICK environment still has a lot of advantages over other RDBMS. Database selection will be horse for courses and all the database have specific advantages. Whenever I recommend a solution to a customer I have never done it because of my historical use, I do a proper review of other products and have selected PICK for well justified commercial advantages over other RDBMS. I do think we need to clean up some of the edges in UniVerse that could be done better, but these are not a restriction of the architecture but just R&D has not got around to doing it. At the end of the day, the user group needs to legitamise the commercial decision to go U2 not a technical argument. I think this is what Dawn is trying to identify in the question. To me todays PICK is more in line with todays Business Needs than RDBMS, the question is how to prove that feeling. IF we can identify that direction then we can set a strategic marketing and R&D direction for U2 that will make U2 a serious contender in the Database market. Regards to Gartner comments and other analysts. The question is where do they earn there living from and does that make them independent and unbiased. Regards David Jordan ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.u2ug.org/listinfo/u2-users
