Re: Progen

["Jack Mullins" <jmullins@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

We use it and have done so now for six or seven years.  It is a very
powerful product and is much more user friendly and flexible than Synon in
my opinion.  A programmer can become productive with Progen in a matter of
days where Synon takes weeks, months, even up to a year in some cases.
Progen is a good product but their tech support has actually gotten worse in
the last couple of years.  Not that it is any worse than any other company
but they used to have much better than average support.  I think the problem
is that they have grown so much that their support staff consists of new
hires who don't know the product nearly as well as the older guys (the
veterans were probably promoted ;-).  Anyway, it is still an excellent
product.

73,

Jack Mullins
Sun Ergoline
P.O. Box 2026
Jonesboro, AR 72402
http://www.sunergoline.com
jackm@sundash.com
870.935.1130 x 109
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At 6/2/00 07:29 AM -0400, you wrote:
>We are on a 1 month Progen trial. I was wondering if any of you guys have
>it or
>have used before. If so, Did you like it?


  I used it a few years ago.  It was a really good product w/ excellent
tech support.  I can only image that it has gotten better.

  In the unusual case that you actually have to look at the generated code,
the in-line documentation is quite good.  It sure beats raw Synon code.

  -mark

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