In the "City" here in london from 95 to around 2000 Powerbuilder was quite in demand in the finance world typically with oracle or Sybase, getting used on many large projects that VB couldn't handle.
VB was widely used for the less strategic projects ( eg departmental ) along with Access for rough and readies. When Java came along there was a big exodus of pb developers eager to get into the "new thing" and many projects got started/pushed through by IT managers in Java, that really should have known better. Most took 3 times as long to write and 3 times as much code. And then .NET started to gain traction later, largely signing the death warrant for PB here, although there are still many houses using it. There wasn't anything wrong with the PB projects - the java thing was mostly a case of fashion over substance in my opinion. Big pain for little gain, end user wise but high demand for skills and high contract rates. VB.NET had much more common ground with the PB language, compared to old VB, and in many peoples opinion ( mine included) was a better language than java, so little reason to stay with PB, especially since those PB developers now using .NET can if they wish carry on using Datawindows if desired within the .NET environment. Crystal reports has improved immensely from when I worked on it way back with VB v 3.0 but it is still a reporting only tool only I gather, unlike Datawindows which as you know, covers data entry , transaction handling and so much more. Its a shame Crystal isnt on Macs too... On 6/1/07 20:25, "Norman Palardy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 06, 2007, at 12:32 PM, Daniel Stenning wrote: > >> I disagree. It was largely Java that dealt the blow to PB ( at >> least in the >> London financial district where I worked at the time ) and nothing >> to do >> with the way PB was being managed. > > My experience is local a well and VB + Crystal supplanted PB rapidly > here > Less than 3 years and PB was no longer even on the "wanted list" of > skills for most of the major IT head hunters here any more > VB. Access, SQL Server and Oracle rapidly took over although Sybase > DBA experience remained valuable > _______________________________________________ > Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: > <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> > > Search the archives of this list here: > <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html> > _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives of this list here: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
