Yes. Jim no longer works for InterSystems as of February or so, but his two colleagues, John & Greg, from both jBASE and Reality are still there. So, yes, it was not MUMPS developers (in general, at least) attempting to figure out what MV was all about, who write this implementation, but seasoned veterans. --dawn
On 4/17/07, Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dawn Wolthuis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes >They bought out most of MUMPS and seem to have enough former PIck >folks there who were saying that it was a similar situation of needing >to take Pick apps into a broader environment with today's expectations >for 24/7 but with our (PICK folks') expectations of big bang for the >buck too. In other words, we think like they do and there are, I >think, former pickies in their midst who said it was a good match. It >also sounds like they considered attempting to buy out the Pick market >like they did MUMPS a while back, but it didn't happen for whatever >reasons. So, they are providing what they think is an excellent >technology suite and it now includes MultiValue. They are clear with >their story (seemingly changing it from some time back) that there is >not Cache' for MV, but that Cache' now IS MV (as well as being MUMPS >and OOP). Such as Jim Idle? I know he was working for Cache. I think he was a consultant, and I think he was contracted to write the "BASIC to Cache code" compiler. Cheers, Wol -- Anthony W. Youngman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 'Yings, yow graley yin! Suz ae rikt dheu,' said the blue man, taking the thimble. 'What *is* he?' said Magrat. 'They're gnomes,' said Nanny. The man lowered the thimble. 'Pictsies!' Carpe Jugulum, Terry Pratchett 1998 Visit the MaVerick web-site - <http://www.maverick-dbms.org> Open Source Pick ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
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