But surely the reason is that whilst some years ago we all did everything in U2 (or D3 or whatever) today we use a blend of technologies. So it is unlikely that you will be doing new front end development in basic, you will have adopted a .NET or java or whatever approach. You will then, I hope, be interfacing back to U2 for data storage and, to a greater or lesser extent, business logic, but you are unlikely to be trying to work out how to do massively innovative things in U2.
That is a reflection of the fact the U2 is becoming more and more a database and less of a complete development environment. It's part of the evolution, when I started on a CMC/Microdata Reality the operating system, database and development environment were combined. Then the o/s bit gradually dropped away and it all became a database and development environment on unix or windows. Now, to some extent, the development environment is moving away and it is becoming a database. Arguably that is where it should have been positioned in the first place, Pick/Reality etc were never great as operating systems, as development environments they have had their day but it was always and still is as a database that the true strengths lie. George Land APT Solutions Ltd U2 UK Distributor On 03/05/2011 10:00, "Symeon Breen" <syme...@gmail.com> wrote: > I am with Tony on this one, I frequent a number of .net forums, there is > massive dialogue on these - not because of bugs, but because people are > constantly driving forward the boundaries on what is possible. > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org > [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Tony Gravagno > Sent: 03 May 2011 06:36 > To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org > Subject: Re: [U2] Reliability doesn't raise enough issues to keep the list > busy > >> From: David Jordan >> It is the problem with a reliable product there are >> not enough issues to keep the list busy. If you had >> one of the competitor products there would be a ton of >> issues to deal with to keep multiple forums busy. >> Funny how buggy software can look good, because there >> are a ton of forums to deal with all the bugs. > > I feel a need to stick a pin that balloon of hot air, even if I > happen to agree with it in large part, and present an equal but > opposite view. :) > > Paraphrase: > > It is the problem with a dying product there are not enough > creative thoughts to keep the list busy. If you had one of the > competitor products there would be a ton of ideas to discuss to > keep multiple forums busy. Funny how great software can look bad, > because there are so few people to discuss all the wonderful ways > to use it. > > Just trying to keep things real. > T > > > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users > ----- > No virus found in this message. > Checked by AVG - www.avg.com > Version: 10.0.1325 / Virus Database: 1500/3610 - Release Date: 05/02/11 > > _______________________________________________ > U2-Users mailing list > U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org > http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
