] /* Flame on. */
]
] Why not find some pretext and sue Robelle to get their source code?
] Doesn't Cognos always turn to their lawyers when their engineers fail?
 
Thanks for the quick and not so polite response. No I did not expect
a full dissertation on the internal architecture. Next time if you
want to spew forth as you have why not use alt.flame?
 
] Nigel's question, especially coming from someone who bills himself as
] "business intelligence," is particularly pathetic. This stuff has been
 
BI is a term coined for the market segment associated with OLAP/DSS/EIS
and the likes it is not competitive analysis. The division at Cognos
that creates Impromptu and PowerPlay is known as the BI prior to it
was call Desktop but this did not reflect what our products were about.
 
[ more snide comments snipped ]
 
And yes, I know what NOBUF-MR is and how we implemented it into the 5.0X
MPE products.
 
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