PH in Europe

[David Heasman]

> It seems that Powerhouse demise has been greatly exaggerated.
Well..

>> While it's true
>> that there is not a whole lot of new sales in Powerhouse, I believe that
a real
>> alternative has yet to be found.

 Have to agree with this.

> A lot of people are getting sold on the
> sexiness of Powerbuilder & VB but are going back to the old Cobol
standard of
> development taking 5 times longer that Powerhouse. Unfortunately for them
these
> new, sexy products do not have the performance benefits of Cobol.
 Yes. Entirely true. Our company is a good example.

> They leave their un-sexy
> Powerhouse for the new, hot & sexy sweet-young-things and find that good
looks
> doesn't necessarily come with brains, know-how or usefulness.
 But they still leave. The triumph of their hope over someone else's
experience.


 >I am known to be a Powerhouse bigot...
 Me too; I particularly like how it ties in with Oracle PL/SQL to get round
a lot of the old
 problems.
 But the interface is still unacceptable.



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