Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!necntc!ames!ucbcad!ucbvax!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut!mdf From: mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu (Mark D. Freeman) Newsgroups: comp.unix.xenix Subject: Re: SCO XENIX applications programmes Message-ID: <3049@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu> Date: 9 Dec 87 19:36:03 GMT References: <1843@cup.portal.com> Reply-To: mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu.UUCP (Mark D. Freeman) Organization: StrongPoint Systems, Inc.; Columbus, OH. (guest of Ohio State U.) Lines: 46 In <1843@cup.portal.com> Bruce_M_Ong@cup.portal.com writes: > I am trying to configure system for a group of nurses who run a >physical re-habilitation center. I would like to know if anyone in this >base has used SCO's word processing system, LYRIX, and what you think >of it. I honestly realize that because of the way XENIX handles different >terminals we cant expect LYRIX to be as good as WordPerfect, but I would >like to know how easy it is to use LYRIX (remember, if it is something like >VI then you can forget it - the nurses will not like that at all and I will >have to go with Microport and use DOS MERGE to get to WordPerfect, altho >I hope I dont have to do that). I just got in a copy of Microsoft Word for SCO XENIX. It appears to be a port of their version 3.1, not 4.0. It is still light years beyond anything else I have seen on SCO before. I have not seen Lyrix, however. Microsoft Word is one of the best-selling MSDOS word processors, and I am sure it will handle the nurses' needs. > Also - as for their FOXBASE +, has anyone had any experience with it? >And does it produce binary files or it is basically still an interpreter >like DBIII? Foxbase+ is both. It act as an exact replacement for dBas III+ as an interpreter (right down to the dot prompt and almost all of the interactive commands). It will also take your .prg files and compile them into pseudo-code .fox files. (This is how R/M COBOL works as well.) From a purists point of view, this doesn't seem good. However, it smokes Clipper under MSDOS, and Clipper produces true .OBJ files for use with the MSDOS Linker. The main drawback to Foxbase+ under SCO is that it is one version behind the MSDOS version. Most of the nice extensions (like user-definable functions) are not available in the SCO version. If all you want to do is port dBase code, it will give you everything you currently have. Another drawback is that under MSDOS, you can purchase an unlimited right to give away Foxbase+ runtimes for about $500. With SCO, you must pay $150 for each runtime, with no cap. Ah well. -- Mark D. Freeman (614) 262-3703 StrongPoint Systems, Inc. mdf@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu 2440 Medary Avenue ...!cbosgd!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mdf Columbus, OH 43202-3014 Guest account at The Ohio State University