PowerHouse on Linux

[Edis, Robert]

Jon

What do you call "more modern developing tools than PH"?  c++, VB, Java?
These are all based on languages OLDER than PowerHouse!  Cognos has not
stood still with PH development as Microsoft, Borland and Sun have not.
While PH does not use OO type structures I believe it is as relevant today
as a development tool (for business apps only) as anything else.

Business apps are based on entering, processing and reporting large volumes
of data and PH does this BETTER than any of the aforementioned tools.  On
the other hand PH is not good at real-time or event driven apps whereas C++,
Java and VB are.

Regards,
Blue

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon Kvisli [mailto:jon.kvisli@lindorffapplications.com]
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 12:07 PM
To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
Subject: PowerHouse on Linux


The comments about PH on Linux triggers some thougths. I don't have any
answers, but maybe some of you have opinions?

1. Can IBM's committment to Linux be interpreted as an opening for
Cognos/PowerHouse to reach the IBM mainframe marked?

2. If so, is the IBM mainframe really a marked for a 20 year old
character based 4GL? There still exists a lot of characterbased
Cobol/CISC applications in the IBM world, but it seems likely that new
development or reengineering projects will be using other, more modern
developing tools than PH?

Regards
Jon Kvisli
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