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Re: Cognos Opportunity.
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Sletten Kenneth W KPWA <[log in to unmask]>
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Sletten Kenneth W KPWA <[log in to unmask]>
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Tue, 18 Jul 2000 10:59:28 -0700
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Mike sez:

> Well, :-), Cognos isn't that bad....
> Not as wordy as COBOL, more descriptive than FORTRAN,
> better structured than C+ and easier to use than VB...
> Faster too... Can't beet those indexed subfiles! :-)

Gee, Mike has given a pretty good description of Transact/iX:
... plus I will of course give in to temptation and add:  Transact
is a fully-procedural, "3-1/2-GL" that doesn't cost both arms and
both legs like Cognos...

...  just my not-at-all-humble opinion....       ;-)

Ken Sletten

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