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Sent: Wednesday, December 15, 2004 4:51 PM
Subject: Re: Cleint Code and Billing functionality
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004, James Ussher-Smith wrote:
Why wouldn't you trust your business data in one of the most popular database engines in the world? Personally I'd be very happy to store my
For the same reason I don't trust my data to Windows, one of the most
popular OS's in the world, or Outlook, the most popular e-mail client in the
world.
But to make it a not-so-religous arguement -- for a Unix-only shop it means
setting up a Windows server.
I think thats part of the issue.
We do provide windows hosting and SQL server for customrs but my experience of it has not been good.
Approx 6 to 10 times more work involved to keep it running securely and stable-y.
I can factor that into what I charge customers, but if its for our own use then thats just time and money lost.
Regards
Gordon Hudson Hostroute.com Ltd www.hostroute.net
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