What is the future of Sybase and Powerbuilder?

[Guest_imported]

I need to eat in the future and would like to know thoughts on using this tool as a primary development skill in the future.&nbsp;&nbsp;Should I get a job at McDonald's too in order to eat or will PB stay alive?<br><br>gh

 

[buj]

MAC powerbuilder is dead and so are MACS, but I think if Sybase implemented internet protocols such as FTP, HTTP, etc as modules or methods like the transaction object then Powerbuilder could become a very powerful object oriented development platform. Problem is they would be competing with the likes of Delphi.

 

[jthomas]

gh,<br>Just my input. I've been doing PB/Sybase since the beginning of '94 and, though it's &quot;fashionability&quot; has waned a bit since then (this is after all a fashion industry, I'm convinced), there still seems to be lots of work. Depending on what town you're in, you can get a feel for it from recruitment shops. I predict that PB code will become almost &quot;legacy&quot;, there has been so much written in it, and it is so easy to add enhancements with it. I maintain a big system for a major broadcaster, the system was written in PB2.0 and they are still adding to it as I write this. It wouldn't make sense to rewrite it. Powersoft/Sybase just need to make sure they stay on the edge with the web development stuff. I've played around with their PowerJ java environment, it's gotten a lot of endorsments and putdowns, as any tool will have it's fans and opponents. I would just make sure you get some education in the current frenzy, i.e. html, javascript, java. I'm having to confront learning those and so far javascript/html looks the easiest. Java drives me nuts. Hope that gives you a perspective. jt