Can developers use high level tools without lock in?

Last week I wrote about WaveMaker and its new Web 2.0 development environment comparing it to PowerBuilder. One of the big problems that someone pointed out to me is that PowerBuilder was proprietary. Because old software never dies, IT organizations are still coping with old PowerBuilder applications that they have to support. [...]

Is WaveMaker the Web 2.0 version of PowerBuilder?

Some meetings are just fun (I can’t always say that..sometimes I just want to run away and hide under my desk). But my meeting today with WaveMaker reminded me of the type of meetings I had in the .com days. I admit I was excited about what I heard. Now a disclaimer — I [...]