PowerHouse on Linux

[Roger Kesterson]

Hey Robert,

Who says PH is not good for realtime stuff?  We have a server written in
Quick that runs as a detached process that works beautifully (using VMS
mailboxes, talking to a Burr Brown TM9000) for our labeling/barcoding
system, which spits out barcoded labels and records serial number data on
demand from many production lines running simulateously.

Just thought I'd throw that out...

Roger

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Edis, Robert [mailto:Robert.Edis@blistex.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, April 09, 2003 6:49 AM
> To: powerh-l@lists.swau.edu
> Subject: RE: PowerHouse on Linux
> 
> 
> 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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