Jeremy
If you only want 1 or 2 lics then MSSQL7 (as MSDE) is free
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From: Jerermy Coulter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Multiple recipients of list delphi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 13:57
Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> oh, well thats interesting....good luck to them I say !
> I think that IB has always had the idea with lic.s personally.
> I.e. if you wnat MSSQL, you have to buy the product, and you get 5 free
> lics.
> In most cases for us, we only need 1-2 lics, and its less than $500 !!
> I think form memory MSSQL is $1300 or there abouts.
>
> Jeremy
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Nic Wise
> Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 1:43 PM
> To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
>
>
> We are - for 5.6, which is not free. Dale (Inprise CEO) decided that IB
was
> never going to compete head to head with MSSQL, Oracle etc, most likely
'cos
> Inprise does not have enough $'s to put into marketing it - so they
> opensourced it and spun it off as a seperate company, with "no" ties to
> Inprise.
>
> technical reality is, IB on linux is an excellent solution for 90% of
> systems in NZ (Telecoms core system and such not withstanding), as a lot
of
> people here know.
>
> They are just going thru the final stages of splitting Interbase the
> division into Interbase Inc. Or something like that.
>
> N
> --
> Nic Wise - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Inprise/Borland New Zealand
> main line: 09.360.0231 / ddi: 09.360.6713 / cell: 021.676.418
>
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Jerermy Coulter
> > Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 13:30
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> >
> >
> > why are they not selling lic.s for it anymore ?
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > Behalf Of Nic Wise
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 1:24 PM
> > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> >
> >
> > nope - free w/o source in beta, free with source when its
> > released, which is
> > supposed to be REALLY soon.
> >
> > N
> >
> > --
> > Nic Wise - [EMAIL PROTECTED] / Inprise/Borland New Zealand
> > main line: 09.360.0231 / ddi: 09.360.6713 / cell: 021.676.418
> >
> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Jerermy Coulter
> > > Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 12:03
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> > >
> > >
> > > only while its in beta tho...isn't it ?
> > >
> > > Jeremy
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > Behalf Of Simon Mahony
> > > Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 12:00 PM
> > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > Subject: Re: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> > >
> > >
> > > Jeremy,
> > >
> > > If you get IB 6 you won't need to worry about the licensing issue.
It's
> > > free.
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> > > > Behalf Of Jeremy Coulter
> > > > Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 11:09
> > > > To: Multiple recipients of list delphi
> > > > Subject: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments...
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > Hi all.
> > > > We have a situation here where we have an NT service and a normal
DB
> > > > Application that both use Interbase.
> > > > The problem we have is that the NT Service chews up an IB
> > lic. when it
> > > is
> > > > in use...i.e. all the time.
> > > > this then means we would have to get an extra client lic.
> > which is not
> > > > really all that great for the client, since its not really
> > > their problem,
> > > > and we dont want to carry the cost of an IB LIC every time we sell
our
> > > > product.
> > > >
> > > > SO, the solution as I see it is this, that we develop an app.
> > > that acts
> > > as
> > > > a data-broker.
> > > > This would obviously cause SOME issues for us, but would solve the
> > > problem
> > > > as I see it.
> > > >
> > > > The question I am wanting an answer to is, we dont have Midas
which
> > > would
> > > > be the way to go I think, SO I have been thinking along the
> > > lines of using
> > > a
> > > > DCOM server to do the data-brokerage for the NT service and the DB
> > > > application.
> > > > This would be fine for the NT service, but it causes a number
> > > of issues
> > > > for the DB Application, i.e. we use tables and querys etc.
> > > > Would we best to buy Midas.....or rather we need to get
> > another delphi
> > > > anyway so we sould look at getting the version of delphi that
> > has Midas.
> > > >
> > > > Can anyone comment on the above ?
> > > > Am I going down the wrong path ?
> > > > Will midas help us with the problem of needing to use
> > tables datasets
> > > and
> > > > storedproc componetns etc. ??
> > > >
> > > > Cheers,
> > > >
> > > > Jeremy Coulter (Software Development Team Leader)
> > > > Triton Commercial Systems
> > > > 6A Burdale Street
> > > > Riccarton
> > > > Christchurch
> > > > ( +64 3 3483973 Fax +64 3 3431613
> > > > http://www.tritoncomsys.com
> > > >
> > > >
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