On Thu, Nov 28, 2013, at 01:05 PM, Ted Roche wrote:
> 1) interoperability: I didn't want data in a format that only one engine > could understand. DBFs were fine as a local storage engine, and nearly > nothing beat it for data manipulation, but I wanted to be able to read > data > from multiple tools, which is what ODBC promised. > And not be increasingly at the mercy of changes to SMB and so on, with an archaic locking strategy and absolutely no security or scalability. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
