Re: If DBKit is so great why then.....

In article <1993Jun10.221418.2267_at_CAM.ORG!planon> yanik_at_planon.qc.ca (Yanik Crepeau) writes:
>In article <1v7coo$ik_at_steffi.demon.co.uk> robert_at_steffi.demon.co.uk (Robert
>Nicholson) writes:
>| Why can't the NeXT developer support people create DBKit examples that
>| are server independant? Even if it means producing a completely new
>| datamodel other than pubs in Sybase or demo in ORACLE
>|
>

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>With Oracle, "big name" means big money more than any other rdbms company.
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>An Oracle representative told me that unless we generate at least $50000 of
>revenue per year and we spent at least $5000 per year ourself for support,
>training and developpment tools, they are not interested to do business with
>us.

This phenomenon, while both understandable and reprehensible, is very likely quite "salesperson-dependent." Oracle is famous for the quiltedness of their sales and marketing force. By the way, Sybase is fast closing on Oracle in this phenomenon.

Try asking the salesperson for the name of their supervisor, and make it a point to contact their supervisor and complain. If you're not completely satisfied with the result, ask for the name of that supervisor's supervisor, and climb the food-chain.

All big orgs acquire a certain amount of incompetent particulates, and there is nothing wrong with assisting the process of natural selection.

        cnh         

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