On Fri, 3 Oct 1997, Joe Geiser wrote:

> On Friday, October 03, 1997 9:38 AM, Joe Smith [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> wrote:
>
> > Our applications folks want to examine the possibility of replacing our
> > current report writer  on our HP3000 with a client server product.  Our
> > current product is not quite there yet, so we would like to explore
> > other options.  The product must be usable by 'power user' types, not
> just
> > programmers.  Any web enabling technology would be a big plus.
>
> There are quite a few - even some HP Channel Partners...
>
>   - Cognos Impromptu (Ad-hoc report writing)
>   - Cognos Powerplay (Executive Information Systems)
>   - Crystal Reports Professional or Enterprise (version 6.0 just released)
>
> Are among my favorites...  Crystal Reports 6.0 now has web-enabling
> features as well...and it's rather inexpensive compared to it's features.
Joe,
Please send me a short comparison and feature lists of your favorite
report writers. Do they need dictionaries, like the BRW we have?
                                             Frank

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