Charlie Griefer wrote: > On 10/31/06, Jordan Michaels <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Dave Watts wrote: >> >>>>>For the record, I'm not saying there aren't any good reasons >>>>>to migrate from MS SQL Server to MySQL, just that price isn't >>>>>necessarily one of them. >>>> >>>>Dave, I can think of plenty of reasons to migrate away from >>>>MS SQL. How about platform independence? How about affordable >>>>clustering? How about unlimited user connections? How about >>>>redistribution rights? Rebranding? No-cost upgrading? >>> >>>You may wish to reread what I actually wrote, there. >> >>I understand what you're saying, I just disagree with you. Your >>philosophy seems to be "stick with what you know" but I don't think that >>is a good philosophy. What if "what you know" isn't necessarily what's >>best? How would you know the difference unless you take the time to >>properly evaluate your alternatives? > > > I don't think you did understand what he said. > > "I'm not saying there aren't any good reasons to migrate from MS SQL > Server to MySQL" > > He's saying there are (or would/could be in a given situation) good > reasons for making the move. > > Your response: > > "Dave, I can think of plenty of reasons to migrate away from MS SQL." > > Which seems to be the same thing as "there are (or would/could be in a > given situation) good reasons for making the move". >
I *did* understand what he said: "just that price isn't necessarily one of them." All of the reasons I provided required price to be a huge factor in them. My apologies for not being more clear on that. I can see where the misunderstanding might occur. -- Warm regards, Jordan Michaels Vivio Technologies http://www.viviotech.net/ Blue Dragon Alliance Member [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:258600 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
