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As every year, we performed a survey on the use of PowerBuilder in 2010.
We wish to thank the participants for their contribution.

Not only did we look at the current use of PowerBuilder, we also analyzed the impact of Java and .NET on PowerBuilder users. Java/JEE technology has been used widely for many years. Microsoft uses all its marketing power to impose its platform, rallying the Sybase capabilities to its cause. PowerBuilder has thus come closer to .NET technologies in its versions.

We asked:
What are the most awaited developments of PB?
What proportion of PB teams adopted .NET technology in 2010?
Who's still using PB5? Who has moved to PB12? Where do you fit in?

Take the 2011 survey and see the 2010 results!

  
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 1) How long will PowerBuilder be used in your company?
Less than 1 year 1 to 2 years More than 2 years We do not use PB anymore
 2) In 2011, you will use PowerBuilder to:
 
Develop new applications Maintain existing applications Both
 3) In 2011, how many developers will use PowerBuilder in your company?
 
1 - 3 4 - 8 9 - 20 21 - 50 more than 50
 4) Which PowerBuilder version do you currently use most?
 
PB 5 PB 6.x PB 7 PB 8 PB 9 PB 10.x PB 11.x PB 12.x
 5) In 2011, do you plan to migrate toward a more recent PowerBuilder version?
 
Yes No migration in 2011 I don't know
 6) Database
 Which RDBMS is your company using:
Syabse ASE Sybase ASA Oracle DB2 Informix SQL Server Other
 Does your application include stored procedures?
Not at all Just a few A lot!
 7) PB12 .NET
 Do intend to develop new WPF Applications with PowerBuilder?
Yes No We intend to in the future Don't know/prefer not to say
 Do you intend to migrate Win32 PowerBuilder code to PB .NET (WPF)?
Yes No We intend to in the future Don't know/prefer not to say
 Would you like to develop WEB applications with PB .NET?
No Yes, ASAP Yes, maybe in a year or two Don't know/prefer not to say
 8) Are your existing PB applications Web-enabled?
Yes, with PowerBuilder Appeon
We intend to in the future with PowerBuilder Appeon
No, we plan to Remain in Client/Server Rewrite in .NET or Java

Don’t know/prefer not to say

  
 9) Is your application multilingual?
 
Yes No We intend to make it multilingual in the future Don't know
 10) Which other technologies are used in your company? (select all that apply)
 

.NET Winform Application
.NET Webform (ASP.NET)
Other .NET technologies (WCF, WPF, Silverlight...)
 Java / J2EE

 C/C++
Web (perl, php, python...)
Oracle development tools		 Other
 11) Which improvements are you waiting for the most? (select all that apply)
 
Integration with .NET
Windows Graphical Objects improvements
Linux support 		XML integration improvements
Web services integration improvements
Non-visual components improvements (Regular Expressions, List, Internet,...)
Other :
 12) As a developer, what is your opinion about PowerBuilder?
Please give a mark between 0 and 10 (10 for excellent)

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 13) Your comments are welcome!
 
 
     
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Protect your PowerBuilder code against reverse-engineering and powerbuilder decompiler
Localization and translation of PowerBuilder Projects
Code analyzer for Powerbuilder, PL/SQL , Sybase ASE TSQL, and SQL Server TSQL
Cross references, documentation tools and advanced code exploration
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Web-deployment: Convert PowerBuilder to .Net or Convert PowerBuilder to Java
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Novalys - PowerBuilder and .NET Companion Tools
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