Jim, The bookstore point of sale is also runnning on pick (mvBase):)
There are only 10 people in the world who understand binary. George Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Yeatrakas,James > Sent: Friday, March 26, 2004 11:44 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Middle level ability Administrator > > 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 > -- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.oliver.com/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
