To quote Bob Dylan, “the times they are a changin’.”
Less than 10 years ago, still in its infancy, the Internet was a land of
promise for businesses. Companies saw bright new ways to increase their
agility, reach more customers and to deliver new, never before seen services.
Unquestionably since then it has transformed the way consumers and businesses
exchange information and has become a vital part of nearly every
organization’s communication and operational architecture. Through the
proliferation of Web-based applications, many companies have been able to
expand their global footprint, empower and improve their business processes,
and strengthen connections with customers, employees and partners.
While the Internet has become a critical catal... (more)
PowerBuilder is dead. I first heard that statement when I joined Sybase back
in 1996, nearly a decade ago.
I had been hired to specialize in two of their hottest new Web development
products, namely GainMomentum and web.SQL.... You remember those, right?
Hmmmmm.
Here we are nearly a decade later and I sit in awe watching just one of our
PowerBuilder/EAF development teams demonstrate a ri... (more)