Re: ACCESS, NT SQL server and Sybase SQL Server

In article <2ki2fd$dd4_at_access1.digex.net>, grimes_at_access1.digex.net (Seth Grimes) writes:
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|> This is not completely accurate. Microsoft rewrote Sybase SQL SErver
|> extensively. This results in having version 4.2 available from Microsoft
|> but 4.9 from Sybase, for instance, but Microsoft offers nice Windows
|> administration tools (big surprise!) not available with Sybase.
|>
|> Microsoft's relationship with Sybsae is deteriorating, partly based on
|> pricing.

I wonder how long it will be before the products diverge into incompatibility. Perhaps it's already happened - witness Replication Server, Backup Server, SQL Monitor.

mark Received on Tue Mar 01 1994 - 16:12:25 CET