Re: VIEWS compared to Nodes as Windows into data
Date: 4 May 2004 03:16:39 GMT
Message-ID: <c771um$f4mq$1_at_ID-125932.news.uni-berlin.de>
The world rejoiced as alfredo_at_ncs.es (Alfredo Novoa) wrote:
>>Competing with Microsoft, who is presumably interested in having SQL
>>Server be dominant on their deployments, is likely to go badly;
>
> I need to ridiculize SQL Server :)
That doesn't mean you can beat Microsoft on a platform that they control.
Gupta Software, who used to pretty blindly support M$ Windows as their only platform, is now in the process of retargeting their software to Linux. <http://www.guptaworldwide.com/>
In effect, they concluded that Linux was an easier target platform to do well on. In the Windows arena, they're fighting MS Access and .NET as the prime competition. On Linux, while there's plenty of more-credible competing DBMS server software, there's not nearly the population of tools competing with "Report Builder" and "Team Developer."
>>if, in contrast, you provide something that is "inspiring" to
>>MONO/dotGnu folks, they might help publicize and debug thorny
>>issues...
>
> But I would like to make some money. I am not rich.
It's not obvious that this will necessarily get you rich, regardless of your strategy.
I would be reluctant to invest in Informix-specific solutions in view of the possibility of IBM ceasing to sell licenses on terms I would trust. Consider that the risk of buying custom software only available from a tiny vendor that could disappear tomorrow is a pretty substantial hazard, and that this sort of risk is NOT alleviated by company size.
-- "cbbrowne","_at_","acm.org" http://cbbrowne.com/info/wp.html Rules of the Evil Overlord #143. "If one of my daughters actually manages to win the hero and openly defies me, I will congratulate her on her choice, declare a national holiday to celebrate the wedding, and proclaim the hero my heir. This will probably be enough to break up the relationship. If not, at least I am assured that no hero will attack my Legions of Terror when they are holding a parade in his honor." <http://www.eviloverlord.com/>Received on Tue May 04 2004 - 05:16:39 CEST