ORACLE means One Rich A***le Called Larry Elisson... On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 4:50 PM, Bob Sneidar <b...@twft.com> wrote:
> Sorry Lynn, that was directed at mySQL/Oracle. > > Bob > > > On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote: > > >> <rant> Can I please have my old relational database model > >> back? Can I please have Visual Foxpro? Or 4D? Or ANYTHING > >> ELSE but this unwieldy, blood sucking, "the more money you > >> make the more you have to give us" kind of database model we > >> call SQL? We've been sold out, lads! SOLD OUT!!! </rant> > > > > Business models are usually the product of competitors colliding against > > each other until, like stones on a beach, they start to resemble each > other. > > Some are truly baffling. Here's an example - > > > > In the real time 3D video market (machinanima), almost all players have > > moved from a standard tool maker type business model to a "service" model > > or, attach provisions to their software use to make it impossible to ship > > products in their native format without paying them some form of royalty > OR > > requiring you to sell through their online stores. I think this is a > result > > of their own initial mismarketing and immaturity of the market place in > the > > first few years of their appearance, but all seem to have locked down > their > > tools into a walled garden model. But the number of competitors is very > few, > > and they all seem to have gone the same direction of trying to extract > use > > type fees. > > > > Its sort of like a cartel, without the 10 galleon hats and cigars, but > with > > the soul eating. > > > > We have sort of an inverse situation, because the market for databases is > > extremely mature, yet no single DB is king and can do everything (and why > > there are many smaller, less expensive or free alternatives prospering). > The > > big guys can often get as "walled garden" as they like because they often > > have death grips on their soul eaten customers. > > > > Best regards, > > > > Lynn Fredricks > > President > > Paradigma Software > > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > > > Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- http://www.andregarzia.com All We Do Is Code. _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode