|
|
| GeoCommunity Mailing List |
| |
| Mailing List Archives |
| Subject: | Re: GISList: What to do? Internet or database. |
| Date: |
08/16/2001 08:26:23 AM |
| From: |
Pat Waggaman |
|
|
--=====================_43971519==_.ALT
Content-Type: text/plain: charset="iso-8859-1": format=flowed
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
VB6 is unquestionably the serious programming interface. Largest base of=20
installed users, largest volume of apps created and big bad Bill Gates=20
leading the charge. In general our philosophy has been, "in the lack of a=
=20
clearly superior alternative - including the prospective evaluation of the=
=20
next few releases - follow Bill".
VB is tremendously capable as an interface between the processes of data=20
coming into the system and writing to the db - and that will cover you=20
through lots of as yet unthought of new technologies and protocols for=20
incoming data - and the other side where you're querying the db and=20
presenting the data to the new technologies and protocols yet to come for=20
its presentation to the user. Our GIS apps are written almost exclusively=
=20
in VB, and that includes the web part.
VB should be adapted in 10 years time to get the hyper-light speed,=20
infinite bandwidth, quantum coded data from the point of origin to the db=20
and back out to the muon sized computer sited on the pimple on your left=
cheek.
The cute display technologies will have to relate to VB, the common=20
denominator, you can always learn a detail interface or two: it's very=20
difficult to only understand the 'detail protocols' and not understand the=
=20
common denominator.
Yes, (bowing toward Finland) UNIX is wonderful, (salaaam): but VB has the=20
installed base and can be twisted about to create the flexibility.
The warehouse experience is interesting when combined with the=20
GIS. There's a great future for geographically and "accountingly" tracking=
=20
pieces and parts of the supply chain.
$0.02 (US thank you) - Best of Luck,
Pat
Thos. E. Waggaman, III (Pat)
Director
Marine Imaging Systems S.A.
Ave Borgo=F1o 22.090
Caleta Higuerillas
Vina del Mar
Chile
waggaman@marimsys.com
Tel: 56 32 815005
FAX: 56 32 815243
http://www.marimsys.com
At 13:15 08/15/2001 -0400, you wrote:
>Dear Listers:
> I need your support to further my education. Please send $100 in
>small bills to the address below. IF this is not possible, please
>e-mail your "two-cents" to the address above concerning the following.
>I will attempt to be brief.
> I obtained a bachelors degree in mathematics, concentrating on
>statistics. Later, I spent two years in community college here in
>Ottawa learning GIS technology. My job experiences include twelve years
>in the army (full-time and part-time) and four years as assistant
>manager of a warehouse trading in automotive parts. The last employment
>for which I received financial consideration was writing for the
>Smithsonian Institution. It is now two years since that employment and
>my attempts to find work either as a technician or as a freelance writer
>have borne little encouragement.
> I am considering taking a fast-track computer course to better my
>prospects within and without the GIS community. One programme offers
>comprehensive training as a programmer specialising in databases: VB,
>Java, Oracle in all their glory. The other is in E-business: i-Net+,
>Java, Perl, XML, Visual Studio.NET, a bit of Oracle. Both also deal with
>un-technicals (?) like theory, teamwork, management issues, blah, blah.
>QUESTION: If it were you, which programme would you take and why? What
>of their futures? Who does these types of things and what are the cool
>kids learning?
>Humbly, I await your comments.
>
>--
>Ross Murray
>40 The Driveway
>Ottawa, ON. K2P 2C9 Canada
>allison_ross@sympatico.ca
>
>
>
>
>To unsubscribe, write to gislist-unsubscribe@geocomm.com
>________________________________________________________________________
>Setup a GeoCommunity Account and have access to FAST DataDownloads
>and Premium Career Posting at a discounted rate!
>https://www.geocomm.com/cgi-bin/accounts/login
>
>On-line Archives available at
>http://spatialnews.geocomm.com/community/lists/
--=====================_43971519==_.ALT--
|
|
Sponsored by:
For information
regarding
advertising rates
Click Here!
|
