Well I must say that I don't put Interbase into the same light as an MS SQL
Server or Oracle or Sybase.
I use Interbase when I need a little more than a desktop database.
Generally my interbase apps are either single user, or very low in
continuous users.
> I have heard of several projects switch from Interbase to SQL Server in a
> corporate environment, because Interbase wasn't a company standard db or
the
> PTB had never heard of Interbase.
Well Borland can't really control the "wasn't a company standard" cop out.
I say a cop out (not at you personally) but at the fact that it is surely
possible to make any software package a "company standard". Interested to
know how those projects are performing under MS SQL Server compared to
Interbase and also if the conversion costs were worth it, and if they want
to sell me there old licenses!
The second part of the statement is partly Borlands fault, but could also
be attributed to the companies lack of research prior to making decisions.
> Not in the least. I was just trying to make the point that Borland must
have
> foreseen this when they opensourced IB6.0
Perhaps they did this to renew there motivation towards the product ;-)))
JED.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote on 23/01/2003 12:12:19 PM:
> Not in the least. I was just trying to make the point that Borland must
have
> foreseen this when they opensourced IB6.0
>
> I think Firebird is a great initiative. IBPhoenix too. Borland would be
> better off worring about competing with SQL Server than Firebird.
>
> I have heard of several projects switch from Interbase to SQL Server in a
> corporate environment, because Interbase wasn't a company standard db or
the
> PTB had never heard of Interbase.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Jeremy North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: Re: [DUG]: Win 98 SE
> > > > Which if you take the position that Borland considers Firebird a
> > > competitor
> > > > now makes a certain kind of sense (at least from their view :-)
> > >
> > > A competitor of their own (Borland's) making.
> >
> > Seems you are upset by this... I think it's great. It will continue
to
> > push the development of both database's to be better. A definate
win-win
> > for us developers.
> >
> > Until the feature sets get further apart, I don't see a reason why you
> > would want to support both Interbase and Firebird. Most of the
features
> > are the same (at the moment). I recall reading that one of the
interbase
> > component 3rd parties (can't remember but there are only 3 of them
> Borland,
> > the ones used in Quick Desk and the ones used in Workbench) was hoping
to
> > remain Interbase and Firebird compatible.
> >
> >
> > JED
> >
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