----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Burgmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Markus Lervik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 9:53 PM Subject: Re: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL
> Hi Markus, > I'm an IT Consultant by trade and have been involved in lots of green fields > projects and conversion projects over the years. Without knowing the details > of your situation I will risk giving an opinion. > 1. If the company has a developed/deployed product DESIGNED to run on MS SQL > you can pretty much guarantee they are using every proprietary 'feature' of > it and the actual industry standard SQL code is in the minority. > 2. Given (1), It will be a major effort to undertake a conversion. This is > the whole point of adding extra 'features' to data base servers, and every > vendor does it. > 3. Given (1&2), I think 18K euros wouldn't even cover the scoping and design > phases. > > So why quote a low ball figure? > > In my experience I have found this is often done to get the work in the > first place. Once you have committed to their product, you will find that > the price of conversion just keeps going up until you eventually capitulate > and accept their product as is. > Alternatively they naively believe they can do the work and go broke trying > to do the conversion on a fixed price contract (I have actually seen one > software development company go broke this way). > > - > Kind Regards > > Richard Burgmann > Consultant > > E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Markus Lervik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, January 19, 2002 12:16 AM > Subject: Porting from MS SQL to MySQL > > > > > > Hello all! > > > > We've requested a database from different companies, and specifically > > said we wanted MySQL or PostgreSQL because of the open source angle > > and we're a library. > > One company offered MS SQL as the platform and said that they can later on > > port it to MySQL. For this they wanted 18 000 euro. Now, what I want to > know > > is, how easy is it to port a (fairly complicated) database from MS SQL to > > MySQL? It can't be work worth 18 000 euro, now can it? > > > > Cheers, > > Markus > > > > -- > > Markus Lervik > > Linux-administrator with a kungfoo grip > > Vaasa City Library - Regional Library > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > +358-6-325 3589 / +358-40-832 6709 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Before posting, please check: > > http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) > > http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) > > > > To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To unsubscribe, e-mail > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- Before posting, please check: http://www.mysql.com/manual.php (the manual) http://lists.mysql.com/ (the list archive) To request this thread, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, e-mail <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Trouble unsubscribing? Try: http://lists.mysql.com/php/unsubscribe.php
