Re: SQR bought by Sybase; Future direction of SQR?

In article <kpalm.712606717_at_athena> kpalm_at_athena.qualcomm.com (Kent Palm) writes:
>Now that Sybase owns SQR (Structured Query Report Writer) originally developed
>by SQ Software, the question is what kind of support is Sybase going to
>provide for the SQR Oracle interface? Oracle v. 7 support? Timeframe?
>
>I got the indication from the SQR Product Manager within Sybase that
>they don't even have Oracle's v. 7 developer's version of the database
>in house yet for upgrading their SQR product. Does anyone know?
>
>We've got a substantial amount of work being done in SQR right now and need
>to know future directions of the product.

It is my understanding that Sybase has stopped selling SQR for non-Sybase data sources, including SQR for Oracle. They are apparently not selling it even for ORACLE V6 any more. I got this information from a member of our Affinity Board (the user group regional presidents who advise Oracle on our direction and status) whose company is very reliant on this product. I am sorry for customers who invested a lot of development resources and time with SQR, but this is a problem frequently with smaller ISV's -- going out of business, or being acquired by a larger player with conflicting product lines or product directions. I would suggest that people interested in SQR and/or the potential of migrating to other reporting tools should gather at the Reporting Tools SIG at this year's IOUW. I further hope that users participating in this SIG (a non-Oracle-sponsored event run entirely by the user community) will bring up these difficult subjects, and report any concensus or conclusions in this forum.

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