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Convergent View column – Which Language Should You Speak?
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Apr 1995 The diversity of possible products supported by client/server computing offered the developer a myriad of choices for application development. Schussel delves into the product choice conundrum and offers predictions on which are best for various purposes.
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Convergent View column – Win 95: I’m looking at the Bigger Picture
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Mar 1995 Schussel explains the impact that the coming Windows 95 release is going to have on the computer industry. Anyone who followed advice given in the column made a bundle of money on Microsoft stock.
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Convergent View column – Survival Talk about NextStep and SQL
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Feb 1995 Before he became famous (again) with his return to Apple and purchase of Pixar Animation, Steve Jobs was the CEO of NextStep. NextStep was a leader in the object oriented application development business. This column covers what Jobs was doing.
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Convergent View column – Paramount, Avis Saw the Light
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Jan 1995 Two cases, Paramount Pictures and Avis Rent a Car, are described by Schussel.
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Convergent View column – Of Databases and Diversity
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Dec 1994 Like putting together a component hi-fi system, the client/server architecture allows for a choice of products and using a ‘best of breed’ approach. The column explains and offers examples12
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Convergent View column on Advantages to the Client/Server Architecture
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Nov 1994 Schussel gives a summary overview of the history and rationale for client/server computing.
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DATABASE REPLICATION: PLAYING BOTH ENDS AGAINST THE MIDDLEWARE
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Nov 1994 In this second of a two part series, Decision Support and Transaction Processing are identified as the two primary categories of computing in which database support is required. The use of replication servers is analyzed for both categories by George Schussel.
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DATABASE REPLICATION: WATCH THE DATA FLY
Source: Client/Server Today Magazine Published: Oct 1994 This is the first of a two-part series by George Schussel on database replication. This first article focuses on the overall importance and benefits of replication and provides an introduction to the two forms of replication services. In the second part, published the following month, differences between two forms of replication are examined in detail.
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