Looking at IT portas like it.seek.com.au, I can find many positions
for unidata/universe programmers, but zero d3 jobs.

Is there a bigger presence of U2 over d3 ?

Regards,

Cristian

On Apr 17, 1:27 pm, cc <cristian_clav... (AT) yahoo (DOT) com.ar> wrote:

Considering U2 is 80% of the MV marketplace worldwide i would have
thought so yes.

On Apr 17, 9:30 am, Symeon <syme... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
Pr1me (minicomputer) also had a big presence in Australia. U2 both
have their history in the Prime Information side of the MV industry.
--dawn

On Apr 18, 1:18 am, dawn <dawnwolth... (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:
PR1ME Information had a major impact in Australia in the mid-80's,
thanks to Lionel Singer who spent big bucks on (dare I say) prime time
advertising (also has a lot to answer for - that was how I was first
introduced to "pick")

"Information" had a high profile in Government at all levels (DoD,
Maritime Services Board, Liquor Licencing Board - I believe the
Australian Tax Office is still a big Unidata user, with all electronic
lodgments handled by UD) and big business. Lionel tried to emulate
this success with "Wicat" when PR1ME took over distribution, but
eventually failed, in part because of the Pyramid/Universe combo sold
as an Information replacement "at the top"

The other major "player" that shaped the Australian market was AWA
(Amalgamated Wireless Australasia), originally with Microdata, and
later GA (with far less success)

Pick Systems entered the market at the bottom end of town, and the
evolution of R83/AP/D3 is well known. Whilst it was relatively common
for "user" organizations of Information (and later U2) to have their
own onsite IT, D3 (as it is today) tended to be deployed as an
embedded component of a total solution, and internal IT involvement
[and thus jobs] were the rarity rather than the rule.

In this respect, the lack of D3 jobs doesn't necessarily reflect the
size of the market, but rather the type of user.

If you are "looking", drop me an email, because we are always on the
lookout for talented people

Ross Ferris
Stamina Software
Visage > Better by Design!

Ross Ferris wrote:
Interesting point, Ross. While U2 folks might work for a VAR or
perhaps more likely for an end-customer, it sounds like a bigger
percentage of D3 developers work for a VAR. I had never thought of
that before so you taught me somethin' (who woulda guessed?) cheers!
--dawn