On Thu, 10 Mar 2005 18:12:41 -0800, DA Morgan
<damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote:
>If creators of databases do follow the standard ... then they have
>commiditized their offerings and the result will be (A) purchases based
>on price alone, and (B) Microsoft wins.
Absolutely not. M$ runs on one platform, namely M$. In the event
that vendors start adhering to the standard, they can still
differentiate their products on performance, ease of administration
and other value-added features that do not impinge on the standard.
Received on Tue Apr 05 2005 - 00:38:27 CEST
