Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS?

From: Quirk (quirk_at_syntac.net)
Date: 05/13/04 

Date: 13 May 2004 05:35:19 -0700

Five Cats <cats_spam@[127.0.0.1]> wrote in message news:<YC0DqIbKLioAFw40@[127.0.0.1]>...

> >Unfortunately you have created unneeded dependencies for them, the
> >worst of which is not MS SQL, since it is fairly easy to get at data
> >in MS SQL and archive it or export it in a usefull way, the worst is
> >that you have tied your customers to a terrible Operating System with
> >a terrible licence, even Oracle users are not so screwed since at the
> >very least they have a choice when it comes to OS.
>
> Just how often do you think a client changes the OS and/or database they
> are using for a live application that is meeting their business needs?
> Answer: probably not until they replace the application.
 
Interesting that you believe that you an application need not last
longer than the server it is installed on, or that the next server
should automatacaly have the exact same OS or else the appliction
should be obsoleted.

Would it not be better if the customer could keep the application?

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