On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 11:08:31 +0800, Ian Dexter R. Marquez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 31 Aug 2004 10:30:28 +0800 (SGT), Kelsey Hartigan Go > I think they have plans to migrate the backend to open source (MySQL > maybe), but last time I talked with one of them, that's still far off. Their > reason: it's easier to implement in MS SQL, with stored procedures > and everything.
postgresql. > But the backend is another thing altogether: we do use Linux > and open source tools, and we love it. =) depends on the department i guess. i know someone who wants to quit his (reasonably comfortable national government job based in the province) because his department is resolutely microsoft. their database is in manila and there are no satellite copies (even just for querying) in the province. so to access the database, they have to run a microsoft terminal server process that actually connects to the host in manila, saturating their 128K DSL link. even a VB app that connects (with select only permissions) to the DB would be better than terminal server. tiger -- Gerald Timothy Quimpo http://bopolissimus.sni.ph [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Public Key: "gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 672F4C78" Mene sakhet ur-seveh -- Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [EMAIL PROTECTED] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Official Website: http://plug.linux.org.ph Searchable Archives: http://marc.free.net.ph . To leave, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/plug . Are you a Linux newbie? To join the newbie list, go to http://lists.q-linux.com/mailman/listinfo/ph-linux-newbie
