Charlie,
I agree with you overall that U2 (Unidata and Universe) is the best there is
for development and maintaining applications. The data model stands head
and shoulders above the rest, when it comes to RAD. However, there could be
many improvements to the dbs, above and "below the hood" so to speak. That
being said, one of the benefits of the U2 architecture is that it "can" be
improved. For example, I maintained a file with 80 million records, at one
site. It has virtually no overflow and the record distribution was nearly
perfect. Access to the file was very fast, but we couldn't create indexes
on it, because the indexes ran out of space. That's just one example, but
the list is long. However, that's a positive. With the right amount of
R&D, U2 is positioned for another 20 year run.
thanks,
Brad
----- Original Message -----
From: "Charlie Noah" <cwn...@comcast.net>
To: "U2 Users List" <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org>
Sent: Sunday, October 11, 2009 11:35 AM
Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2
Now, Rob, wait a minute... also having over 30 years experience in the MV
world, I have watched the "progression" from LP to tape to CD to digital
(iPod, etc.), the real advances from kilobytes of memory to gigabytes,
from megabytes of disk to terabytes, and from kilohertz of CPU speed to
gigahertz. Audiophiles are discovered what I have always believed: the
richness of sound of the old vinyl LP can't be matched by today's digital
music, and the LP is enjoying a much deserved return to glory. I'm glad I
didn't get rid of my vinyl collection, although, like me, it is showing
its age.
I wish Rocket all the best. I hope they understand what they really have.
Although I work with Jbase now, I have spent many enjoyable years working
with both Universe and Unidata, and they, like all the other MV
environments I've worked with, make our jobs easy and fun. I've tried
other environments over the years, and have always concluded that I
already had the best the computer world had to offer, so why should I use
something else not nearly as powerful? It may have been around for many
years, but it's ability to adapt to and work with the most modern of
technologies keeps it fresh, flexible and strong. I just wish the rest of
the world could see it.
Best Regards,
Charlie Noah
On 10/9/2009 8:24 AM, Smith, Robert wrote:
At some point, we will hopefully evolve beyond the "old = undesirable"
mentality that is pervasive in our society, and once again appreciate the
imagery that "old" things can evoke. As a technician with over thirty
years experience, I have thoroughly enjoyed the journey I have witnessed
since the days of the LP Player...to the iPod of today. What we largely
lack today is a sense of history relative to what it has taken for us to
progress to this point...and the imagination to achieve even more
phenomenal accomplishments in the future. Where once our thoughts were
expansive and limitless, they are now reserved and pedestrian. If someone
with a sense of history and a determination to use "Rocket" as a means to
evoke the imagery of a time when we thought in grander scales...then they
were sadly mistaken. The company should seriously consider changing its
name, otherwise they will be the butt of many a jokes.
My two cents
Rob
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[mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of inquieti
Sent: Friday, October 09, 2009 5:03 AM
To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org
Subject: Re: [U2] U2 is now Rocket U2
IBM is very sixties also. Have you ever been to the Apollo space centre?
All the computers were IBM and the IBM logo is splashed all around the
control room. So I think if you're thinking retro then IBM sits there
right
along side Sputnik et al.
Jacques G. wrote:
I wonder what is the marketing idea behind the name "Rocket" ? To me
it
invokes late 1950 - 1960's Sputnik/Apollo technology to an epoch when
cars
designs were made to look like rockets, when there was a hockey player
nicknamed "Maurice The Rocket Richard" and people watched "Flash Gordon"
on a black and white television.
When I hear Rocket I think "retro" like a LP Player, a typewriter, a
PDP-1.
Wouldn't one want a software product to sound more state of the art ?
Sci-fi hasn't used the term "Rocketship" in decades.
Jacques
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