Re: What database shall I use???

"David W. Fenton" <dXXXfenton_at_bway.net> wrote in message news:91C9D2B00dfentonbwaynet_at_news-server.nyc.rr.com...
> gstromquist_at_nospamyahoo.com (Glen A Stromquist) wrote in
> <SDqh8.80503$Ym3.13771358_at_news0.telusplanet.net>:
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> If Oracle supplies lousy ODBC drivers that would tend to drive
> people towards Oracle's favored products, which are not likely to
> be produced by Microsoft.

However the current Oracle ODBC drivers are in fact pretty good, as are the OLEDb drivers. Also the access experts I have come across tend to use MSDAORA rather than the Oracle drivers. I doubt that very much attention is paid within ms to msdaora.
>
> Put another way, MS is not the only large company that plays games
> with its technologies to reduce their customers' choices.

of course not, all companies prize customer retention for obvious reasons.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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