Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!comp.vuw.ac.nz!dsiramd!actrix!paul From: paul@actrix.co.nz (Paul Gillingwater) Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp Subject: Re: Uniplex probs Keywords: Uniplex, HP-UX 6.X, short vs long file names Message-ID: <1990Jun14.205644.6293@actrix.co.nz> Date: 14 Jun 90 20:56:44 GMT References: Organization: Actrix Public Access UNIX, Wellington, New Zealand Lines: 33 In article davelec@exicom.oz writes: >We have had trouble with Uniplex since it was installed. >Is there anyone out there with the same problem? We saw the problem with long file names as well under HP-UX. Apparently there is a "long-file names" version of Uniplex v6.x. We don't believe that Uniplex 7.x will support long file names. >We have got a quote for Quadroton Software. Before sending "good >money after bad", has anyone had problems with it? They dont I have used the latest version of Quadratron CLIQ, and I am impressed. It is much better (IMHO) than Uniplex, and supports hooks into Informix if you need a DBMS. They even have embedded SQL in CLIQ-Word! The screen interface is much improved over the previous version of Q-Office. Also, Uniplex's implementation of an X Windows interface is very flakey. All they do is hide the same old boring menu system behind an X Window, and map function keys onto widgets. >have a database system but we really only need the WP and Spreadsheet >system anyway. Any other OA packages anyone would recommend ? Go for CLIQ. You won't regret it. >The local HP guys recommend Uniplex, but their attitude is that >MPE is a _real_ operating system, and HP-UX is for bimbos. Yes, MPE/XL is real.... but in HP it is starting to become moribund, and HP-UX is growing very fast. MPE/XL does have some considerable advantages in areas such as OLTP and an efficient file system, compared with HP-UX. -- Paul Gillingwater, paul@actrix.co.nz