I greatly appreciate your answer Fred.
----- Original message ----- From: "Fred Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 1/31/2005 1:37:50 PM Subject: RE: [sqlite] SQLite Advocacy > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Mario Ruggier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, January 31, 2005 12:24 PM > To: sqlite-users@sqlite.org > Subject: Re: [sqlite] SQLite Advocacy > > > On Jan 31, 2005, at 5:48 PM, Paul Malcher wrote: > > Fred Williams wrote: > > > >> Politically, if you are in the organization that was "acquired", you > >> best bite the bullet and learn to dance the Big Gates' version of "I > >> Shall Overcome." I don't think there is a WinCE version of SQL > >> Server, > >> (yet) so that might be your only real chance. > >> > >> My experience with organizations that embrace all things Gates' is, > >> pretty much any technical advantageous products which lie outside the > >> Mickeysoft umbrella are ignored and usually completely banned as, > "not > >> conforming to organization policy." > >> > >> Fred > >> > > Hi, > > I so agree with Fred he's nailed it dead on. > > Irrespective of this non-negotiable logic, what about the comparative > top limits for handling large volumes of data ? > > mario > > All the logic and data in the world won't change a biased management > mind set. Believe me. Management does not understand technology and > does not want to. They understand people. That is why they are > managers. I spent over thirty years, most as a consultant, many, many > times swimming upstream. If the politics are entrenched, technically > you are kicking a dead dog. > > My first experience was learning the world's safest MIS CYA statement, > back in the very early sixties: "I don't know what went wrong. We are > using IBM." Look very confused when delivering this line. > > I think you could very easily replace "IBM" with "Microsoft" in this > "enlightened" day and age. Been there. Done that. Lost the battle > every time. > > Fred > > > > >
