Re: So why isn't native JDBC access to ASE free?

Hi Brian,

Sorry to hear about your experience. If there is anything that I can do to address your concerns, please don't hesitate to call. We are committed to the success of Sybase and appreciate your input as we look to ensure that we fully service the needs of our customers.

We believe that the superior implementation of jConnect compared to the alternatives in the market provide value to our customers appropriate for the modest cost. This ensures that we can continue to make the investments in these new technology areas. We are certainly of the opinion that Java will play a significant role as demonstrated by our continuing investment in compilers, databases, and application servers.

We are confident that ASE 12.0 will provide significant value to customers seeking an extensible database architecture based on Java, beyond simply making Java another database programming language. As we roll out the product to market later this year, we hope that you will take the opportunity to evaluate it and give us your feedback.

Thanks,
Bob Breton
Director, Product Management
Sybase Enterprise Solutions Division
510-922-5889

Brian Jay Gould wrote:

> I've since talked with a lot of people who feel that Sybase is dying because their own management
> just doesn't seem to care any more. One friend told me he tried to order some stuff from Sybase but
> none of the sales reps would get back to him. His organization decided to switch to MS SQL Server.
>
> It is a shame to find that my Sybase experience is becoming worthless (as did many past programming
> languages and operating systems), but I am finding Oracle 8.1.5 to be much better than I had thought
> and Oracle's java stored procedures are far more promising than Sybase's ASE 12.0 implementation.
>
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Received on Wed Apr 28 1999 - 21:36:47 CEST