Never used the others but I had to port an app from Interbase to SQL Server
(for reason already stated). SQL Server is a dog in my books. Things were
noticably slower under SQL Server.

I agree with your other comments re cop out etc.

----- Original Message -----
From: Jeremy North <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:27 PM
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Win 98 SE


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> 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:
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> > 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]>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:29 PM
> > 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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