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Xref: sserve comp.os.386bsd.development:2763 comp.lang.basic.visual:27436 comp.lang.basic.visual.misc:753 comp.databases.sybase:11530 Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!newshost.marcam.com!usc!howland.reston.ans.net!ix.netcom.com!netnews 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 Lines: 38 Distribution: world Message-ID: <3bqean$jum@ixnews1.ix.netcom.com> References: <davebo.18.0010EDAE@mcs.com> <3be6q8$8ts@nermal.cs.uoguelph.ca> NNTP-Posting-Host: ix-sea2-19.ix.netcom.com 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> > >--------- >"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 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- ------- > 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.