Front-end tools -- Which is the most productive?

After having seen my co-worker reinventing the wheel
when he busily labored to build MS Access framework, I want to share
my perspective.

Having experienced with Access, Visual Basic, Visual C++,
and PowerBuilder, I think Sybase's PowerBuilder is the most
productive tool to build front-ends for any database or
client/server applications. PowerBuilder's datawindow
is very powerful.

Binh
http://vmdd.tech.mylinuxisp.com/catalog/I agree, and it does way more than client-server too. But the market mind
share isn't with Sybase - so the herd goes down the wrong path.

Unfortunately a lot of executive decisions are made by taking in the
powerpoint market pitch, and not through anything that resembles critical
rational thinking.

Essay on the evils of PowerPoint.= http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_pp

"http://vmdd.tech.mylinuxisp.com/catalog/" <binhph@.gmail.com> wrote in
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> After having seen my co-worker reinventing the wheel
> when he busily labored to build MS Access framework, I want to share
> my perspective.
> Having experienced with Access, Visual Basic, Visual C++,
> and PowerBuilder, I think Sybase's PowerBuilder is the most
> productive tool to build front-ends for any database or
> client/server applications. PowerBuilder's datawindow
> is very powerful.
> Binh
> http://vmdd.tech.mylinuxisp.com/catalog/|||Hey:
You know I have worked with several products, nothing to beat Web
based front end using ASP/ASP.NET with Oracle/SQL Server back-end. No
client maintenance, just a browser and a NIC. What else can you ask
for ?
Thanks, GIrish