> I wish I had more than moral support to offer you.
>
> Art Metz
> AMetz@...

Art, the reason is because you had the great luck to start with IBO in
the
first place. But if you started out with BDE and FreeIB, I think you
would
appreciate IBO more.

IBO does have a few object-oriented chinks in the armor, which I had
passed on
to Jason.

But comparing IBX to IBO is like comparing a re-painted 1995 Toyota to a
2001
Benz.

I really believe that Jason is correct in strongly advocating IBO. Those
newbies who heed him will be fortunate, and will avoid the dead end that
one
will ultimately encounter with IBX. IBX may seem easy at the start, but
once
you get into the thick of things, you will find that you will somehow
have to
stitch so many pieces of the puzzle yourself.... So much for RAD. But
with IBO,
one would almost always find that once you get into the thick of things,
Jason
had already worked things out for you.

You are so lucky... to get straight into IBO... without passing by
IBX...
Others are forewarned to do the same if they want to hit the Interbase
road
running...

Joseph Alba
jalba@...