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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2728 comp.lang.basic.visual:27157 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:645 comp.databases.sybase:11404 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!msuinfo!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!spool.mu.edu!torn!nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca!gadwall.cs.uoguelph.ca!rolenewa From: rolenewa@uoguelph.ca (Ricardo Olenewa) Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder Followup-To: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase Date: 29 Nov 1994 03:22:48 GMT Organization: University of Guelph Lines: 22 Message-ID: <3be6q8$8ts@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gadwall.cs.uoguelph.ca X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Dave Borowiec (davebo@mcs.com) wrote: : Has anyone done a comparison of these 2 tools? We are running Sybase System : 10 on Unix on an HP9000 series 800 server. We plan to do Windows client : development using one of these 2 packages. Any information/results would be : appreciated....Of course, any general comments would be great, too! : Thanks in advance. If you're looking to do. From the sounds of your setup, it looks like you need a serious Client/Server environment, in which case Powerbuilder would be the way to go. On the other hand -- if you're looking for a quick and dirty way of making a user friendly front-end, then you could squeak by with VB. <other opinions welcome> --------- "Gather ye rosebuds while ye may" - Walt Whitman ============================================================================== Ricardo Olenewa U of Goo rolenewa@uoguelph.ca Room 50 The Flamingo Hotel L\A L\A Land ------------------------------------------------------------------------------