RE: Query/400 Replacement

Exactly.  and It's really nice.

DR2

At 11:16 AM 1/9/2007 -0600, you wrote:

Viewpoint is the graphical interface to SEQUEL. The end users like it
because you can send them icons to place on their desktops. Younger
designers like it because it looks very similar to other PC based
products. I'm even a convert at my advanced age.  8-))
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Do you mean SEQUEL ?  Is there a product named Viewpoint?

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Subject: Re: Query/400 Replacement


you may want to look at Clover from BCD  or Viewpoint from Help
systems(formerly a ASC product)

Don in DC

At 10:20 AM 1/9/2007 +0100, you wrote:
>Hi List,
>
>
>
>My company is looking for an alternative to Query/400. We're at the
>early start of our evalution phase, and are looking for vendors and
>products which could be interesting to us.
>
>
>
>We're a System i ISV, which sells our ERP software to SMB. We intend to

>resell this new software to our customers.
>
>
>
>Our current situation is, that while Query/400 is suitable for most
>tasks, young people don't like to learn it (especially since the rest
>of our application system is entirely windows based), and Query/400 has

>some deficiencies, which are currently workarounded by manually created

>SQL queries.
>
>
>
>What we're looking for is a more modern alternative, which allows
>people without intrinsic IT knowledge to build queries against the
>database. We do not have any specific requirements, other than that it
>must not be 5250 based.
>
>
>
>*         Windows / Java / Browser Based
>
>*         Modern look & feel
>
>*         Must run on 520 with 2GB RAM, 36GB Disk, 600CPW (this rules
>out everything that has to do with WAS)
>
>*         Shouldn't cost more than 10'000US$ for 5 concurrent users
>
>*         Easy to learn, flexible
>
>*         Available in German (not a must, but a very strong plus)
>
>
>
>I would like to hear experiences with the product you have, but I'm
>also interested in Vendor responses (Off-List)
>
>
>
>Thanks in Advance,
>
>
>
>Lukas Beeler
>
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