On Jan 06, 2007, at 11:58 AM, Daniel Stenning wrote:
PowerBuilder as a language and app builder is way behind REALbasic
in both
language and performance terms, but it is the patented Datawindow
technology
that switched many corporate VB people on to PB some years back.
I worked for a MS Partner in the mid 90's and VB here went from
nowhere to dominant in about 3 - 4 years
Totally supplanted PowerBuilder (which was big here at the time) very
rapidly
I'd agree though that the DataWindow is very powerful
Hell, if I were Sybase, I'd buy RS !! - REALbasic + Datawindows
would be a winning ticket IMO..
That would scare the hell out of me as Sybase has proven that they
have no skill as a tool developer
PowerBuilder and Watcom were both acquisitions that they've managed
to death
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