Re: Online database....how?

In article <8t77hs$uvu$1_at_news.cc.ukans.edu>,   "Jesse \"the body\" Ventura" <someone_at_microsoft.com> wrote: Are you from Microsoft?

> You can get database hosting from hundreds of places on the net.

There are more places to get a whopper than there are to get a good meal.

> This

 user
> would actually do better to avoid a mvDBMS and go with any of the
 dozen or
> so frontline plain-jane 2d databases for these reasons:
>
> They would be better able to find excellent books on a regular
 database
>

Publishers of airport bookstand books sell more than prize winners.

> More likely to find coworkers or friends to help learn a two
 dimensional
> database

The average intellencia is not really very bright.

>
> More likely to find a job where they could transfer skills if they
> picked one of the larger database platforms

Skills? C? C++? Java? Or do you mean it has to be a M$ offering?

>
> They are tied to your monolopy on hosting if they pick mvDBMS (you
 said
> yourself your the only one)

Like your company doesn't play on it's position as a near monopoly? So what happens when Linux takes over? Users resent you you know. They want something better.

>
> --J.V.
>
> "Doug Dumitru" <doug_at_modsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:39f717ef.4547578_at_news.alsv1.occa.home.com...
> > On Wed, 25 Oct 2000 18:38:45 +0200, "The Friendly One"
> > <pyaar_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > >Hello,
> > >
> > >I would like to know if it is possible and if yes, how to make a
 searchable
> > >database online on let's say Geocities or on local webspace
 provided by
 an
> > >ISP? I have heard it is not possible unless I myself am in charge
 of the
> > >server, but I thought maybe somebody out there knows more and maybe
 there
 is
> > >a way to do it afterall?!
> > >
> > >So please let me hear all your comments and hopefully solutions.
> > >
> > >Thanks in advance......keep on building
> > >
> > >Co.
> >
> > Standard hosting services like GeoCities offer "static" web space
 that
> > allow you to "publish" web content in HTML with graphics, etc. The
> > key here is that the service is a publishing service for static web
> > sites. If you want to publish a database, this means that you want
 to
> > run an application and have this application accessible (all or in
> > part) via a browser over the web.
> >
> > This requires that you have an application environment running that
> > users can reach over the internet. This could be:
> >
> > o A local server of yours connected to the internet full-time.
> > o A server in an internet datacenter that you rent.
> > o A virtual server in an internet datacenter that you rent.
> >
> > 2 and 3 are the same thing except that 3 assumes that you are not
> > using (or paying) for an entire computer system, but just a piece of
> > one.
> >
> > The only production hosting service in the mvDBMS market that I am
> > aware of is my company (EasyCo). We support five different mvDBMS
> > databases on x86 Linux hardware with datacenters on both coasts. We
> > support mvDBMS applications with user access either via the web or
 via
> > terminal streams (TELNET) over the internet. All systems are
 securely
> > hosted and included management of backups and other system
 monitoring
> > functions.
> >
> > More information is available at our web site.
> >
> > http://easyco.com
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Doug Dumitru (doug@easyco.com) http://easyco.com
> > -----------------------------------------------------------------
> > Easy Computing Company - Internet Hosting for mvDBMS Applications
> >
> > Direct: 949 831-4774
> > Main Office: 888 473-7866
> > 610 237-2000
>
>

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