I agree...
Are you suggesting database connectivity should be delivered with the OS?
Sort of like they are doing with Win2000?
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Regards
Neven
----- Original Message -----
From: Kerry Sainsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, 22 October 1999 14:50
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Requirements for application upgrade D3 to D5
> Neven said:
>
> > Dont confuse the BDE problem with an argument for a three solution
> >
> > If you are using an SQL server in a C/S environment then BDE is mostly
> > redundant (and hence the aggravation)
> >
> > Maybe you'll be proposing a three tier solution to get rid of pesky ODBC
> > drivers....
>
> Maybe -- the less things that need to installed and configured on client
> PCs, the better.
>
> Is it Friday afternoon Neven :-)
>
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Kerry Sainsbury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Friday, 22 October 1999 07:55
> > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Requirements for application upgrade D3 to D5
> >
> >
> > > > This is the first time I have tried to update my application from on
> > > > version of Delphi to another.
> > >
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > > > From someone not very familiar with these issues, it seems to be a
bit
> > > > of an imposition on users of a system to require them to re-install
> the
> > > > BDE (particularly on a multiuser system where the BDE has to be
> > > > re-configured on each workstation)
> > >
> > > Welcome to the world of Client/Server development, and *one* of the
> > reasons
> > > why people are shifting to multi-tier development. Instead of
> > reconfiguring
> > > every PC just reconfigure the server.
> > >
> > > > just because the system developer has
> > > > upgraded - ie there is no particular benefit to them.
> > >
> > > Presumably there are new features or bug fixes in the software you
> > shipped,
> > > just as there are in the BDE. Presumably a benefit to the customer?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
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