RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Ross Ferris
er 2004 12:41 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > >IMHO. > >They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are >significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to >do. > >The

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Ross Ferris
;Sent: Friday, 24 September 2004 7:13 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > >One thing I miss from the Prime editor is overlay. All you had to do is >space out to where you wanted to overly the text and overlay with the new >characters. It w

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Susan Joslyn
Of course, if you have PRC and Wintegrate (not just dynamic connect) then Unieditor can lock (and check out and track) the file you are editing. Just so you know... >Date: Sun, 26 Sep 2004 15:16:46 -0400 >From: Dave Walker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unida

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Andy Moore
Andy Moore Selima Software Ltd. -Original Message- From: Brian Leach [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 28 September 2004 11:59 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe CVS is free. WinCVS is free. TurtleCVS (integrates with Windows Explorer and Apache) is free.

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Mats Carlid
Dennis Bartlett wrote: You can afford a version control system? ??? CVS + winCVS are gnulicensed thus cost only installation and learning time i.e. as close to free as you can come.:-) I think you can find them on sourceforge.net -- mats --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Debster
ehalf Of Brian Leach Sent: Tuesday, September 28, 2004 6:59 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe CVS is free. WinCVS is free. TurtleCVS (integrates with Windows Explorer and Apache) is free. PRC isn't, but I've heard good things about it... ...th

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Brian Leach
D] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dennis Bartlett Sent: 28 September 2004 11:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe You can afford a version control system? -Original Message- From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 26 Septemb

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-28 Thread Dennis Bartlett
You can afford a version control system? -Original Message- From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, 26 September, 2004 9:41 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Surely you use a version control system in a multi-programmer

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Rosenberg Ben
Please post follow-ups to the "U2-Community" list. The two primary authorities on the origin of the letters "NT" are Dave Cutler and Mark Lucovsky. Dave Cutler has confirmed the "WNT" = "VMS incremented" urban legend, but Cutler's confirmation isn't very credible, and is probably one of his noted

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Moderator
Gang, Shall we move this to the Community board? - Charles Barouch, Moderator Bruce Nichol wrote: > Goo'day, > > IIRC, isn't there a "HAL" document as part of Win NT4 documentation - > "Hardware Acceptance Layer" - something to do with hardware and > peripherals that'll work in

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Womack, Adrian
That'd be the "Hardware Abstraction Layer" -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bruce Nichol Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 12:09 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Goo'day, IIRC

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Bruce Nichol
Goo'day, IIRC, isn't there a "HAL" document as part of Win NT4 documentation - "Hardware Acceptance Layer" - something to do with hardware and peripherals that'll work in the NT4 environment.? More spooky! At 13:23 28/09/04, you wrote: Stuart Boydell wrote: shift one letter to the right

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Bob Little
Stuart Boydell wrote: shift one letter to the right: HAL -> IBM (2001 Space Odessey) VMS -> WNT (Windows NT) ...even the name is unoriginal. Heh hehe. Spooky! -- Bob Little Graphik Dimensions, Ltd. High Point, NC --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Stuart Boydell
> You're right about this. My Sister worked pretty extensively with the > internals of VMS and she said when she looked at the code of NT > she said it was very close to copyright infringement. shift one letter to the right: HAL -> IBM (2001 Space Odessey) VMS -> WNT (Windows NT) ...even the na

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Logan, David (SST - Adelaide)
Australia +61 8 8408 4273 - Work +61 417 268 665 - Mobile +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Jerry Banker Sent: Tuesday, 28 September 2004 8:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Jerry Banker
You're right about this. My Sister worked pretty extensively with the internals of VMS and she said when she looked at the code of NT she said it was very close to copyright infringement. - Original Message - From: "Rosenberg Ben" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> was that UniData was already runnin

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenberg Ben > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:49 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > -Or

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Rosenberg Ben > Sent: Monday, September 27, 2004 12:49 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > -Or

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-27 Thread Rosenberg Ben
I wrote: > -Original Message- > From: Rosenberg Ben > UniVerse BASIC does have some ULT features (for example, > ULT EXECUTE syntax) which are missing from UniVerse BASIC. Oops. I meant to say that UniVerse BASIC has some ULT features that are missing from *** UniData UniBASIC ***.

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-26 Thread Adrian Matthews
Surely you use a version control system in a multi-programmer environment? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Dave Walker Sent: 26 September 2004 20:17 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Gordon Glorfield

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-26 Thread Dave Walker
Gordon Glorfield wrote: I absolutely hate AE. Come on folks, can we please join the rest of the human race in the 21st century? The eighties are over. Even back then I felt the old Jet editor was better than ED/AE. Now, in the 21st century, I use the UniDebugger exclusively for both coding an

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-25 Thread Dawn M. Wolthuis
. www.tincat-group.com Take and give some delight today. > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:owner-u2- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Bob Little > Sent: Friday, September 24, 2004 10:59 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Un

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Piers Angliss
: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Piers Angliss wrote: >IMHO. > >They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are >significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to >do. > >Where are yo

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Results
Bob, "Why two different products? What's the difference?" The reason for two products is historical. UniVerse and UniData were originally developed by different companies. They used to compete for the same market share. In a practical sense, the difference I've seen is that UniData tends to be

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Kryka, Richard
ubject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe I didn't voice my opinion earlier because I know this list has a lot of developers with more experience in both than I do, but here goes... One of the most critical elements in the MV market has been cross-system compatibility. Companies have inv

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Bob Little
Piers Angliss wrote: >IMHO. > >They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are >significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to >do. > >Where are you coming from and where do you wish to go > We are running AIX/D3 right now. The question h

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread David Beahm
I didn't voice my opinion earlier because I know this list has a lot of developers with more experience in both than I do, but here goes... One of the most critical elements in the MV market has been cross-system compatibility. Companies have invested in systems and like what they've got -- t

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Piers Angliss
IMHO. They are very similar, with hundreds of differences - whether any are significant to you depends on where you're coming from and what you want to do. They are both M/value (Pick-like, post-relational, NFNN ...) multi-user databases running on *nix or Windows servers. They have an embed

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread George Smith
>Yes, it does. But we've strayed considerably from my original question >which was: It sure has 'strayed considerably' !! grs --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-24 Thread Bob Little
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Since this thread seems to be going on forever.. Yes, it does. But we've strayed considerably from my original question which was: What's the difference between UniVerse and UniData? -- Bob Little Graphik Dimensions, Ltd. High Point, NC --- u2-users mailing list [

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread GarryS
look deep within yourself by any means and immediately forgo digesting the original message. > -Original Message- > From: Jerry Banker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:13 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unida

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Paul Trebbien
AIL PROTECTED] 09/23/2004 03:24 PM Please respond to u2-users To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject:RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Jerry Banker
: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 2:24 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the only one in our

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread BNeylon
To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> cc: Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Gordon Glorfield
-8839 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Warren, Phil > Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:24 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > As a system ad

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Scott Richardson
IL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 23, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As a system administrator, my choice is to use vi for my UNIX/AIX duties, but I find it's quite a useful tool for program editing too. In fact, I'm the

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Warren, Phil
Original Message- From: Louis Guillaume [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, September 22, 2004 7:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Adrian Matthews wrote: > Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? > A

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-23 Thread Karl L Pearson
I second VI-Improved (vim, gvim, etc.) as a free download. I've installed in on my RS/6000, too. The syntax hi-lighting is awesome and customizable. But for me, one of the most awesome features is its 'many-level' undo. For those interested in a few basics of vi, I wrote a white-paper entitled 'Co

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-22 Thread Louis Guillaume
Adrian Matthews wrote: Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? Absolutely! From what I've seen, most folks who take the time to learn vi will never go back. The only thing AE is good for is macro-fixing savedlists of records, IMHO. It really astonishes me that fol

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-20 Thread Claus Derlien
> -Original Message- > From: Adrian Matthews [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 9:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe > > > Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these >

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-19 Thread Dave Walker
Adrian Matthews wrote: Does anyone actually use the editor for cutting code these days though? I've been using full screen GUI editors for years now. I think I'd pull my hair out going back. Eight hours a day five days a week. Of course, I use vi at home, too. By choice. Regards, -- Dave Walker --

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread bruce nichol
Goo'day. Talking of "freebie" U2 editors, wot about "UniEditor" from Martin Scholl? http://www.martinscholl.com/ Very pretty... At 11:47 18/09/04, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tony which of the below are freeware? I'm surprised you asked, but the only freeware editor below is from mvtools.

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Kevin King
PROTECTED] http://www.PrecisOnline.com -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Allen E. Elwood (CA) Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 12:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe Kevin King Wrote: >If the S/A is >paranoid

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Allen E. Elwood \(CA\)
Kevin King Wrote: >If the S/A is >paranoid and won't open up ftp access, and there are no other good >transfer tools available, it's easier to open up AE and make a couple >of minor changes Yes, that's when I use my full page editor written in U2. All the comforts of a windows based editor, but w

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Kevin King
ED] On Behalf Of Donald Kibbey Sent: Saturday, September 18, 2004 5:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe As for editors, I have long used a pc based editor (CodeWright) with the UniVerse source I manage. No need to play around with the line editor. Most

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Donald Kibbey
As for editors, I have long used a pc based editor (CodeWright) with the UniVerse source I manage. No need to play around with the line editor. Most any full screen editor can be linked up to UniVerse as long as your source code is kept in type 19 files. If you want a great free solution, dow

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-18 Thread Adrian Matthews
September 2004 22:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe I know this is probably not the highest on others lists, but the UniData editor is like god next to the pitiful excuse of an editor that UniVerse provides. I don't understand why IBM doesn't releas

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Tony which of the below are freeware? I'm surprised you asked, but the only freeware editor below is from mvtools.net. I hope I didn't imply otherwise. [Moderator-friendly snippage] > wED from AccuTerm: http://www.asent.com > mvToolbox http://mvtoolbox.com/ > RED, CRED

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread David Jordan
Although I have used UniVerse more that UniData, I believe that the ODBC connections and SQL is easier on UniVerse than UniData, this probably is due to Datastage development. UniVerse also has an authorization statement in BASIC which allows a program to run at a higher security level than the us

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread FFT2001
Tony which of the below are freeware? "As far as editors go, there are third-party products which have been ported cross-platform. In my opinion, anything is better than ED or AE once you've used a real editor. - My personal favorite for simple editing is wED, which is the Windows EDitor built in

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Bob Little
Robert Paterson wrote: In the latest releases UV has the AE editor - so you can have the best of all worlds... The problem with the comparisons is that it all depends on how you are using D3 now and more importantly which elements are "make or break". Everyone's shopping list is different. If you g

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Tony Gravagno
Robert Paterson wrote: > In the latest releases UV has the AE editor - so you can have the > best of all worlds... Dick Kryka wrote: > I know this is probably not the highest on others lists, but the > UniData editor is like god next to the pitiful excuse of an editor > that UniVerse provides. A

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Robert Paterson
aused by software viruses. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Kryka, Richard Sent: 17 September 2004 14:10 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe I know this is probably not the highest on others lists, but the U

Re: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Bob Little
George Smith wrote: Unidata vs Universe. I have wondered about this myself. It'd be even better for me if someone with jBASE experience could compare the three products also. Bob Little Graphik Dimensions, Ltd. High Point NC --- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe plea

RE: [U2] Comparison Unidata and Universe

2004-09-17 Thread Kryka, Richard
I know this is probably not the highest on others lists, but the UniData editor is like god next to the pitiful excuse of an editor that UniVerse provides. I don't understand why IBM doesn't release the UniData editor with UniVerse and do away with the UniVerse version. In addition, the UniData d