I have noted with interest the high level of conversations that occur here and appreciate the depth of knowledge contributed by those of you who are consultants, Guru's and Lovers of MV. I commend you all and thank you as well.
Just want to share some experiences with you all. You may appreciate it. I have been associated with MV since the late 80's though not nearly at your levels. Advanced Revelation was the most recent version I was associated with. Though it did not always perform well due to quirks in Novel, Btrieve, Indexing, file structure, but to me it was the best thing going at the time. The application running on AREV I was associated with was called MAPCON and it supported the United States Antarctic Program which I was involved with for almost 4 years. (got to the South Pole twice). I was comfortable working with it and solved some pretty nasty problems in the program using it. (once I got them following the business rules built into the app) It appeared to me in the early nineties that MV database engines were not appreciated in general and that my future was limited. The word was relational databases were surpassing MV Db's in the industry. You all obviously had the talent and sustainability to survive in the MV world, but I chose to jump over to the dark side. I wound up consulting in the Nuclear Power industry, Telecommunications and even at HR Block doing a little data mining against data warehouses. Consulting projects evaporated for me and I tried something quite different for a while. I drove an 18 wheeler for 6 months, Long Haul. Now there's a job. Guys, moving 80,000 lbs down the road provides a totally different kind of stress and a keen appreciation for the people that drive the big rigs. It didn't take long to bankrupt me, though, but the life experience was worth while. At any rate, wonder of wonders, a little while after returning to Charleston SC, a position opened up at the local community college for which I interviewed. During the interview, they asked me if I had ever heard of VOC or Data Dictionaries. My jaw just about dropped. I chuckled and began talking about AREV. Well, you know how rare it is to find anyone that knows anything about MV, and even rarer still to find anyone actually USING a MV db. But, Datatel is high on it, and they have quite a client base. Yes, I got the job and am the Benefactor administrator here. They also have the Oracle version which rides below Unidata, with some wild conversion algorithms to make it happen. So what's the point of all this. I guess to share with others who will know and understand a bit of what one persons association with a particular db has meant to them during their life and to thank you for sharing your life experiences occasionally in this list. James (Jim) Yeatrakas Application Analyst Trident Technical College, Charleston, SC (843) 574-6634, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
