Predictive nature of advertising
I came across an old advertising supplement for what was then “Composer by IEF” in CIO Magazine from April 1996 – that’s 14 years ago!
It makes a fascinating read – download it here.
Some of the phrases from the advert are still true of CA Gen today:
- Shortening the delivery life-cycle
- Internet application capability (yes! in 1996 !!!!)
- Break free from technology
- Repository- the essential enabler
OK – the names and capabilities of the tool may have changed and been extended, but that doesn’t stop the benefits from being there then and now.
The platforms that used to be supported in 1996 (Sequent, Digital AXP, WindowsNT, Informix and others) aren’t supported now, but some are (Oracle, DB2, CICS etc).CA Gen has allowed people to migrate off Digital AXP to Unix (say) with relative ease.
