PDKC2M.QKC (POW)

[Chris Sharman]

>I'm just curious when Cognos is going to release PDKC2M.QKC (POW) in the 8 
>series?  It is an extremely powerful tool developed for VMS.  Many people have 
>probably found the dictionary application management menu a huge timesaver.  

>Who in their right mind wouldn't think to move this into series 8?  Surely, it 
>can't be that non-portable.  I just sat down and wrote some bare bones PDL 
>code.  That seems like a ridiculous chore in version 8 when in version 6 you 
>didn't have to write a single line of PDL.  Thankfully I've got the old Vax 
>here and version 6.10 to fall back on.  I can just generate the code and move 
>it to the UNIX box like a co-worked suggested in a fraction of the time.  If 
>COGNOS isn't going to market this ever again can they send us die-hard POW 
>users the source code?  I know that would never happen but it doesn't hurt to 
>ask. 

Well, yes: seconded. No one here even knows PDL (having looked at PHD & PDL
when we started using Powerhouse, the only interesting thing we could see about
PDL was why would anyone want it, when they had PHD).
 
>Unfortunately this ol' VAX isn't going to be around forever. 
 
We've got at least a year on 7.10.Gn: by then hopefully Cognos will
have relented.
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Chris Sharman			Chris.Sharman@CCAgroup.co.uk
CCA Stationery Ltd, Eastway, Fulwood, Preston, Lancashire, PR2 9WS.
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