"Lynn Fredricks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't know anything about DeviceSQL but their > presentation is enough to get my respect :-) > [...] > > It seems to me that if the engineers are coming to you to defend their > selection of SQLite, then they didnt know SQLite as well as they should....
This scenario has played out multiple times. Say what you want about DeviceSQL the product, but one thing is undeniable: their sales presentations are top-notch. The first remark of yours that I quoted above shows this to be the case. But impressive sales talks do not necessarily translate into impressive products. In fact, a management-oriented sales presentation, such as provided by Encirq, can be a put-off for technical people. The engineers and programmers I normally deal with are much more attracted to the droll, just-the-facts type of product that they see and get with SQLite. Flashly sales talks that are low in technical detail, such as those offered in the past by Encirq (I haven't seen the "webinar") tend to frighten many technical people. When engineers contacted me with help in defending SQLite, it was not because they didn't understand SQLite. It was because they recognized that their management did not understand SQLite, and that they had no hope of communicating as effectively as the Encirq sales team, and that they were desparate for any kind of help they could get. Sadly, they got little help from me since I, like they, am hopelessly outclassed by the Encirq sales people when it comes to giving impressive talks. On no occasion have I told the engineers anything they didn't already know, though I might have helped them to organize their thoughts a little. -- D. Richard Hipp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
