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01-14-08, 11:03
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Which forum is for Pick / jBase / Universe / Unidata etc
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Hi Folks, I used to post on here a long while ago. Now I'm back again and the forums have changed around. So which forum should I be checking for Pick / jBase / Universe / Unidata / D3 / R83 and related items?
Also, is anyone familiar with ETL or System Builder? If so, can they recommend any tutorials on those products?
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01-14-08, 11:22
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Originally Posted by rockingred
So which forum should I be checking for Pick / jBase / Universe / Unidata / D3 / R83 and related items?
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01-14-08, 11:44
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01-14-08, 13:03
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COLOSSAL WIN
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Coo - I went for a job a year or so ago and had to look up about pick & universe & unidata. After looking into it I decided I didn't want it - you can't teach this old dog new database paradigms.
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01-14-08, 13:21
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Pick (in any of it's flavours) is fairly easy to use. The problem is that it hasn't been well promoted in the past and is slowly fading into oblivion. I honestly wouldn't recommend anyone to choose it as the best future for a programming position, much as I love it.
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01-14-08, 14:51
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rocking, are you learning any of the more popular database engines? It looks like you have years of experience, but not in the high-demand areas.
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01-14-08, 15:01
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Originally Posted by rockingred
Pick (in any of it's flavours) is fairly easy to use. The problem is that it hasn't been well promoted in the past and is slowly fading into oblivion.
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Yea vous on that. I was a PROC-tologist myself, once upon a lifetime ago.
The biggest problem with promotion was that for years upper management (esentially Dick) refused to allow Pick to be promoted. He had his own reasons for that, and he couldn't be swayed. I think that decision essentially spelled doom for Pick, even though the product itself was technically brilliant.
Switching from the "data cowboy" approach that Pick encourages to one of the more structured database architectures is hard, but it is pretty much a requirement today.
-PatP
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01-14-08, 20:02
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Originally Posted by blindman
rocking, are you learning any of the more popular database engines? It looks like you have years of experience, but not in the high-demand areas.
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I may have to do that. Which do you recommend as being best performers and most desired?
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