Powerhouse to .NET

[Edis, Bob]

G'day Luan

.NET is really a suite of tools from Microsoft that includes the latest
versions of ASP, VB, Visual Studio, etc.  The shops that I know of that
develop using both VB and PowerHouse say it takes five times as long to
create a functioning system in VB than PowerHouse.  .NET only runs on only
the Windows NT OS whereas PowerHouse runs on many platforms.  .NET doesn't
support all RDBMS's or have an indexed file system support.  Microsoft tools
are notorious for security holes (Windows, IIS, SQL Server, .NET) whereas
PowerHouse is not.  PowerHouse has application level security and a data
dictionary, .NET doesn't.

If you REALLY want to dump PowerHouse then opt for another 4GL that has OO
features such as Forte.

Regards,
Blue

PS Got any spare diamonds to send this way? :)  Are you based up North or in
Perth?

-----Original Message-----
From: Ha, Luan (AD) [mailto:Luan.Ha@argylediamonds.com.au]
Sent: Friday, May 31, 2002 4:55 PM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: Powerhouse to .NET


Hi,

We're currently have 4 applications running Powerhouse in MPEix/TurboImage
and we have been suggested
to consider .NET as a replacement tool.

Has anyone out there consider .NET as a migration choice for their
Powerhouse applications ?
If you do, I would be much appreciated if you can share with us any pros and
cons of .NET.

Thank you.

Luan Ha


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