"michael newport" <michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> ....strength - meaning, Ingres does anything that Oracle can.
>
> CA have seen the light and are taking Ingres OpenSource.
>
> The DB market is saturated with products that can do the job.
>
> The advantage now is that a major database will be free of charge.
mySQL and PostGres *are* free of charge, and it would seem to me likely to
remain so and attract community development. If CA are really saying 'nope
we can't take the competition lets leave the market', then they should say
so.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
http://www.niall.litchfield.dial.pipex.com
Received on Mon Jul 19 2004 - 16:28:32 CDT
