FWIW: I would wait and see what Sr VP at SAP Dirk Boessmann has to say first about the Future of PowerBuilder at his presentation to the PB Communitynext Friday morning.
Many have probably seen this already, but if you have not, Bruce Armstrong posted what appears to be the full Q and A of the press conference. THANK YOU Bruce!!!
We were requested by Dirk & the PB Conference not to record this session for legal reasons. What Dirk told us was within the bounds of the signed memorandum of understanding between the two companies. The official contract has yet to be signed.
I see another attendee posted his interpretation of the Q&A session. That should not have been reported on IMHO and was in bad taste of the guidelines we were given. It was also unfair to Armeen & Dirk as well as they are still under negotiations & discovery phase between the two organizations - and even each other.
The PB Community needs to be patient for just a short while longer until the contract is signed & Armeen's engineers get a chance to assimilate the PB compiler code. I'm sure a lot more definitive information (not speculation) will then come forth.
What we can take away with us at this jucture is that SAP is putting Appeon in the drivers seat on PB very soon. So make sure you get your ideas into Armeen at http://www.Appeon.com/Future ASAP.
I see another attendee posted his interpretation of the Q&A session. That should not have been reported on IMHO and was in bad taste of the guidelines we were given. It was also unfair to Armeen & Dirk as well as they are still under negotiations & discovery phase between the two organizations - and even each other.
Really? I cleared it with Armeen both before and after the event. He approved it.
I believe that Dirk wanted us to communicate what was said in his presentation. I think echoing the type of questions that were asked would be in good taste. Trying to reflect answers that could not be detailed at this time because of being so early in the legal / discovery process it not real reporting IMHO.
Maybe I'm just old fashioned and polite. Most of the answers I heard were, let's see when the contract is in place & we get more information to make a decision.
Both Dirk & Armeen need some breathing room now to assess the situation. Again, the best thing for the PB Community now is to convey to Armeen & Dirk your concerns & wishes for the next PB release under Appeon. That is THE MESSAGE we should be sending out to the community at this time ... IMHO.
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