Axiant cost?

[Richard Witkopp]

That would be interesting if I could log into an NT box from
a Win95 workstation. Running NT on the workstations themselves
is not an option for us. Thanks!

> Hmm...if you are thinking of deploying as a fat-client application
> (with all of the processing logic on the desktop PC, as well as the
> user interface) and you only want QUIZ then there might be an
> alternative. This is assuming that you want to get to your database
> through the native PowerHouse support (for Oracle, Sybase, etc.) or
> use an ODBC driver to get to some non-relational data such as an
> IMAGE database or RMS files.
> 
> We have just made available PowerHouse 4GL 8.21 for Windows NT. While
> it is intended to be used for developing and testing PowerHouse Web
> applications (or for use as an application server for Axiant thin-
> client client/server apps), it can also be used as a straightforward
> PowerHouse environment (apart from the fact that there is no QUICK
> on NT to run your terminal-based screen programs).
> 
> QUIZ under Windows NT basically just runs in a DOS box, and looks
> and feels just like QUIZ on any server platform (as does QTP).
> QDESIGN is also there, along with PDL and QUTIL...but, as I said
> above, no QUICK. PowerHouse on NT supports all of the usual
> relational databases found in PowerHouse on other platforms, along
> with MS SQL Server and ODBC.
> 
> There isn't a reporting-only license for PowerHouse on NT, since (as
> mentioned above it is really intended for PowerHouse Web development
> or as a server for Axiant development and deployment), and so you
> would in effect be buying full-development PowerHouse for each PC.
> Expect to be asked for around $750 per PC for PowerHouse full
> development...and they would need to be Windows NT, not 95 or 98.
> There are quantity discounts available, but as I'm not in the office
> I can say what they are (and I can't remember them off hand).
> 
> Its just an option.
> 
> Best regards, 
> Conrad 
> 
> Conrad Whittall 
> Marketing Manager, Application Development Tools 
> Cognos Incorporated, 3755 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 4K9,
> Canada 
> 
> Tel : + 1 (613) 738-1338 Ext.4804 
> Fax : + 1 (613) 228-3149
> 
> E-mail : mailto:conrad.whittall@cognos.com  
> 
> For information on the Cognos PowerHouse family of high-productivity
> development tools for mission-critical business applications visit our
> web site at http://www.cognos.com/powerhouse
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard Witkopp [mailto:witkopp@idt.com]
> Sent: Friday 14 May 1999 2:37 PM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: RE: Axiant cost?
> 
> 
> Not really. Our user base is already experienced in Quiz.
> IIRC Impromptu is not as powerful as quiz, subfiles, etc?
> If I'm wrong, maybe it would be a good alternative, I think
> it's cheaper.
> 
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