Any way you look at it, it is a manual convert if you want to
get out from under Cognos's thumb.  I can reccomed Transact from
HP as a viable alternative for Image and block mode screen
intensive applications.  It is "relatively" inexpensive and used
by some well known outfits, with people on this list if they care
to speak up?

Nick Demos  [log in to unmask]

Performance Software Group
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> From: Stuart Pierce <[log in to unmask]>
>
> Speedware ?
> -------------
> Original Text
> >From "Glenn Cole" <[log in to unmask]>, on
1/18/98
> 7:35 PM:
> Jeff Woods writes:
>
> >Once upon a time, a company named Tymlabs wrote and marketed a product
> >called "PDQ for Quiz" which essentially functioned as a Quiz compiler,
> >making Quiz reports run much faster.  Cognos sued and effectively won
> >the lawsuit against Tymlabs because the product was essentially
abandoned.
> >I don't see why that wouldn't happen again if someone tried to compete
> >with them by being a "drop-in replacement."
>
> then Bruce Toback:
>
> > I wrote PDQ. It's a fairly safe bet that it would happen again.
> > Essentially every claim made in Cognos's lawsuit was false.