Peoplesoft regularly installs with Sybase as back end. Companies like BMC,
Quest fully support Sybase with their latest tools.
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3F4D0410.B217207E_at_exxesolutions.com...
> Michael Lackey wrote:
>
> > <snipped>
> >
> > Not sure what you mean by "Lack
> > of supporting third-party tools and applications". Certainly
> > development for new database tools will probably aim for Oracle and
> > MSSQL first, but I don't feel it's because Sybase dosn't support them
> > as they have a very open API and active partner program.
>
> What I mean is that the folks at PeopleSoft, SAP, Baan, etc. will focus
their efforts on the big three.
> Third-party vendors such as Quest, Computer Associates, BMC, etc. too wil
focus their efforts where they get the
> biggest return on investment. Once marginalized it is hard to return to
the mainstream. And this is all about
> marketshare. Not a criticism of the product itself.
>
> >
> > What kind of "Lack of supporting employee resources" have you seen. I
> > imagine there are less developers with Sybase experience than with
> > Oracle but then there are lots of MSSQL developers that could easily
> > translate their skills to Sybase.
>
> True now. But as SQL Server and Sybase diverge that becomes true less and
less. Sybase does not have the capital
> to invest to keep up long-term with the changes being made by the big
three.
>
> >
> > Thanks for the response, it's always good to keep up on what others
> > see happening in the marketplace.
>
> Regards,
>
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Received on Thu Aug 28 2003 - 12:33:37 CDT
