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Re: Oracle licence question

From: Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com>
Date: Sun, 26 Feb 2006 20:56:58 -0500
Message-ID: <46f4jiFaq3ugU1@individual.net>


DA Morgan wrote:
> Serge Rielau wrote:
>

>> HansF wrote:
>>
>>> On Sat, 25 Feb 2006 22:25:02 +0000, Tony Rogerson wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> What you mean - they use portable SQL as definied by the ANSI SQL 
>>>> standard, something Oracle doesn't do very well! Come on guys, catch 
>>>> up!! Talk about MS locking people in - LOL!
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> I am specifically saying that vendor lockin is a good thing.  Accept 
>>> what
>>> is being offered and go with it.  Then, in 3 years time, when replacing
>>> the system, look at what is the right tool at that time.
>>
>>
>> Hans,
>>
>> Hang on..., have you seen many shops that actually switch an app after 
>> those three years (from or to Oracle, doesn't matter)? The moment the 
>> application logic (which includes procedures) has committed to the 
>> misc. features of a given product migration costs skyrocket.

>
>
> A pleasant thought but not borne out by statistics gathered during
> numerous research studies.

I sense a hint of disagreement here...
> Put SAP on top of DB2 and you are staying
> there for several generations. Same goes with any other combination.
... 180deg turn, agreeing violently with my post

> If is always enjoyable to see a geek try to turn into a marketer.
Some sort of non technical comment, presumably geared against my credibility... can be safely ignored, given the origin...

Sitching the DBMS under a vendor app is actually the easy part (given the vendor support). It's the custom apps that are a PITA.

Cheers
Serge

-- 
Serge Rielau
DB2 Solutions Development
IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Sun Feb 26 2006 - 19:56:58 CST

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