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Subject: Controversy over commercialism in comp.databases
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Date: Fri, 29-May-87 05:39:53 EDT
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> Perhaps I'm in the minority, but I don`t mind at all having employees of
> various vendors discuss the relative merits of their systems, as well as
> having users of those systems discuss them.  I would be very interested
> in Tom's evaluation of the differences (note DIFFERENCES not necessarily
> better or worse) between various systems in different environments and
> for different applications.
>
>     [edited]
> 
> Steven

I would like to see this newsgroup earn its keep on the net -- to date it
has been pretty useless in my opinion.  I am currently evaluating databases
and 4GLs for my company.  If my decision turns out to be a bad one, I'm
gonna hear about it and pay for it not only with my credibility but also
with my applications.  

My company has been developing applications with the Informix database
and C programs for the past five years.  I want to trade this environment
for a newer, more productive one, namely a 4GL.  I have been evaluating
4GLs and have tentatively decided on ACCELL from Unify Corp.  Some of the
others I looked at were Informix-4GL, Progress, Pro-IV, APPGEN, and even
FilePro-16.

My evaluation methods are basically reading the manuals and trying demos
if available.  I'd be happy to post my opinions about these products.  I'm
hoping that I can get some feedback from people who are more intimately
familiar with them, just as I am intimately familiar with the Informix/C
environment.  I don't care if they work for a database company or not.

I'm especially interested in hearing about ACCELL and Unify.  Steven, are
you listening?

I cannot believe that with all those UNIX people out there on the net,
no one is interested in talking about databases.  I thought that people
bought more UNIX systems for database applications than for any other
type of application.  If this is true, where the hell is everybody?

Well, I'm going on vacation now, I'll check back here in about a week.

Brian Yost			{bellcore,ihnp4}!motown!bty!yost
Micro Business Associates
One Maple Avenue
Netcong, NJ  07857