James If performance was the only issue you'd be using PostgreSQL
http://www.computerworld.com.au/idg2.nsf/All/2ADD84E6EBCEADE9CA256CB30075FA0 1!OpenDocument Neven ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Sugrue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Multiple recipients of list delphi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 2:37 PM Subject: Re: [DUG]: Win 98 SE > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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]> > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are confidential and > > > > intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom they > > > > are addressed. 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