>Hi Bruce ---
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>Gartner *still* cautiously recommends it. One of the most fun things I had to do a few months ago was to make a recommendation to an agency as to what to standardize on: VB or PB. I told the account manager that it was trying to choose between Lucifer and Baal.
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John,

I wonder how much you have used PowerBuilder. My group at work has moved to working on a project in PowerBuilder, and I had the same opinion of it, but after a week long class about it, my opinion changed.

While it is different tool it excels at what it was designed for, and the is two tier C/S development. The user interface is a bit limiting, but once you learn your way around it, it is not to bad.

Also, the newer version that is due out soon, adds the distributed stuff so you can do n-Tier and Web. I would say the WORST thing about PB is that it is owned by Sybase.

Heck, I would like to see several of PB's features in VFP... of course, I see potential to other way to.

Also, the PFC blows away the FFC.

BOb