Re: my 2 cents

Christopher Boyle <cboyle_at_neoucom.edu> wrote in message news:385796C7.C7B991B7_at_neoucom.edu...
> Have you heard of a tiny little company called NETSCAPE? How about a
language
> called SQL? Not to mention Informix, Mysql, etc. (I have heard too many
horror
> stories about peoplesoft to include them) but most database programmers i
have
> talked to would argue with you about access being included in your list at
all
>

I use access to prototype applications; it is a faster, easier development tool for getting user requirements than oracle.

access limitations:

15 concurrent users
2 gig db size
few hundred thousand rows?

if access = meet need
then use access
else
if sql server = meet need
then use use sql server
else
if oracle = meet need
then use oracle

criteria:
development cost
license cost
maintenance cost

> kevin moriarty wrote:
>
> > There are three commercially successful dbs in the world. Each
increasing in
> > complexity, functionality, and cost.
> >
> > access
> > sql server
> > oracle
> >
> > There are four programming languages in the world:
> > c
> > c++
> > java
> > vb
> >
> > There is one browser: IE
> >
> > There are two operating systems:
> > windows
> > linux
> >
> > there is one network protocol: tcp/ip
> >
> > there is one development methodology(today + 2 years): webcentric
> >
> > observations?
>
Received on Wed Dec 15 1999 - 14:16:16 CST