Challenges facing PowerHouse 4GL

[Peter Bateman]

Blue:

  The biggest problem is that Cognos does very little to promoted
  PowerHouse.

  I think a big challenge facing PowerHouse 4GL is keeping
  it current with new data sources and platforms.

  I believe there well might be a place for  Linux and  .NET
  versions of PowerHouse. As you pointed out it is possible to
  make a SCO version of PowerHouse work on Linux. This is clearly
  not supported.

  All versions could support unixodbc or something like that. I am
  sure EasySoft would like that. Cognos already has the code buried
  away in the NT version. They need only port it to UNIX and VMS.

  I wonder if the BI applications that run on unix support unixodbc?!

  It would be nice if PowerHouse designers could create user defined
  functions in a manner similiar to the way the BI users do.

Regards,
Peter Bateman


>From: Robert Edis <robeconsult@sbcglobal.net>
>To: PowerHouse List <powerh-l@lists.sowder.com>
>Subject: Challenges facing PowerHouse 4GL
>Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:05:17 -0800 (PST)
>
>G'day to our Cognos friends on the list.
>
>I am curious to know what you see as the biggest challenges facing 
>PowerHouse, PH Web and Axiant these days and in the future.
>
>For example:
>
>The rapid rate of change in tecnology
>
>The slow takeup of newer technology by existing users
>
>Corporate red tape or being ignored by corporate management
>
>Ignorance of 4GL tools in the marketplace or conversely the love affair 
>with so-called new technologies.
>
>Technical issues
>
>Pesky consultants like me.
>
>Funding.
>
>Etc.
>
>Regards,
>
>Blue

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