On 13/04/05 11:30 +0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Tuesday 12 April 2005 13:23, Abhishek Daga wrote:
>
> > But someone raised an interesting question.
> > What if Tally were to shut shop (remember what your mother told you
> > about "never say never"), and given that it's a proprietory
> > Database, sure a lot of people will be bambooed to high heavens.
>
> Aha. Tally refuses to support older versions, without paying for all
> the upgrades. So dont wait for Tally to shutdown to get screwed.
> You are already screwed.
>
>
> > The generic problem statement as I see consists of the following
> > parts: a) Using a database that is not proprietory and tried and
> > tested while being tinkerable..(mysql or postGres)
>
> What ever gave you the idea that free and open databases are not
> tried and tested. Postgres (renamed firebird db ) and Mysql are
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
When did THAT happen? Firebird is the Borland Interbase database, one
version of which was GPLed.
Devdas Bhagat
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