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Hi Group. I've been reading the rhetoric, on the subject of cheaper servers, and the subject is quite interesting. As long as I've been in this profession, there has always been a 'push', or a demand for increased programmer productivity. Some means of improving the cycle of time required to capture information, synthesize it , and present it to management for timely decision making. The advent of the Fourth generation languages and tools is the perfect example of this drive. I find it most ironic, and I'm sure you do too, that ; with the advent of the windows technology, and the newer interface devices, the whole industry seems to have taken a large step backward in this respect. The time and effort; as an example, to design and code an 'Event' driven appliaction in VB is far greater than the traditional data capture, and processing models many of us have become accustomed to. From the viewpoint of everyone using the present technology, there's no comparison.Esthetically the new technology is much better. I guess i should clarify the fact that , what most of the older technologies refer to as Fourth generation software has to a smaller degree, been tackled by a few vendors, including Microsoft itself to aid the new technology .I refer here to code models such as Access ..etc and the 'backoffice' tools. In many cases, this productivity cycle concern, is absorbed by larger software houses, and the responsibility for corporate data, has been farmed out for cost efficiencies. I have concluded that the trend to 'farm' out a lot of IT work, for the reasons stated earlier, is a dangerous one, and an abrogation of companies, to maintain control over their own data and business. Thanks for letting me bend your ears. Ken Shields Oshawa systems group Works 81, Oshawa Ontario
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