Re: Sybase ASA vs MS Access vs MS SQL Server

From: Ng K C Paul <paulkcng_at_news.netvigator.com>
Date: 1998/08/28
Message-ID: <6s51ds$nmo$2@imsp009a.netvigator.com>#1/1

Sybase ASA is much scalable than Microsoft Products at present moment. It can run from Windows CE to Windows 9x to Windows NT to UNIX.

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Scott Hodson (shodson_at_home.com) wrote:
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: I am consulting with a client and we've been using MS SQL Server on his =
: project. I am very comfortable with MS SQL Server and Sybase System XI =
: but he comes from a MS Access background and finds SQL Server very =
: confusing and frustrating (transaction logs, segments, etc.) having =
: become accustomed to Access's ease of use and very GUI-based DB =
: management tools. We moved to SQL server because his data volume and =
: activity will increase 10-fold in the next year and it is more scaleable =
: and reliable than Access.
:
: He head about Sybase ASA and how easy to use it was from some friends =
: but I want to know where does it fall short compared to say System XI or =
: MS SQL Server. It sounds like a MS Access on steroids but I'm not sure. =
: Is the DB stable, does it corrupt? Is it fast? Scalable?=20
:
: I was wondering how ASA compares with Access and MS SQL Server. I have =
: a feeling it's somewhere in between the two. It seems easier to use =
: than SQL Server but I'm not sure how scalable it is.
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