Re: Justifying the Cost

From: Ban Spam <ban-spam_at_operamail.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 11:39:13 GMT
Message-ID: <Xns91382F572924FSunnySD@24.0.3.73>

"Steve Evans" <steve.evans_at_rwcwarranty.com> wrote in news:tsb8nvagcdf450_at_corp.supernews.com:

> I'm re-writing a large app which is currently in multiple pieces from
> dBase IV to FoxPro 2.6 DOS to VFP 6. I planned to use Oracle and Forms
> with PL/SQL and Oracle AS for the web. After getting a software price
> for a couple of dual processor boxes - 1 db server & 1 web server -
> I've had to go back and look at SQL Server. How can I justify a cost
> that is more than double? If you'd care to comment on another approach
> that might be a better solution and/or cheaper, I welcome it.
>
> TIA,
>
> ...Steve
>
>
>

You get what you pay for it.
To lower your cost to ZERO,
a couple of PD/Freeware DBs exist. Received on Fri Oct 12 2001 - 06:39:13 CDT