>On Fri, 21 Jul 1995 21:10:06 GMT Nigel Campbell said: >>PowerHouse 4GL allows you to deploy PowerHouse client a Windows or MAC >>client in addition to terminals/batch processes on MPE as well as UNIX >>and OpenVMS. > >Is it just me, or does "client/server" appear to be "master/slave" when >viewed from a vendor/client perspective? No particular sleight intended >to Cognos, just this particular market in general. > >[\] Jeff Kell <[log in to unmask]> > I've always worried about the box you can get locked into when choosing a particular vendors 4gl solution. Tools are available today to develop client/server applications without buying into a particular vendor solution. I know you know this (preaching to the choir). I like picking tools that give some degree of freedom. I like these approaches (depending on the needs of the application): pc-RAD(vb,delphi,etc)-<winsock/tcp>--lan--<netipc/sockets>-(cobol,pascal,etc)-3k or pc-RAD (vb,delphi,etc)-ODBC--lan--rdbms server-3k -- Duane Percox (Quintessential School Systems) [log in to unmask]