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From: curtisy@ix.netcom.com (Curtis Young)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.development,comp.lang.basic.visual,comp.lang.basic.visual.misc,comp.databases.sybase
Subject: Re: Visual Basic vs. PowerBuilder
Date: 3 Dec 1994 18:44:39 GMT
Organization: Netcom
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In <3be6q8$8ts@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> rolenewa@uoguelph.ca (Ricardo 
Olenewa) writes: 

>
>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>
>
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>Ricardo Olenewa			U of Goo		
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I can't see using VB even in a squeak mode.  I have been able to put 
together an application from scratch much quicker in PB than in VB.