Charles Curley wrote: >On Thu, Aug 11, 2005 at 01:52:07PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > >>I've never really understood the definition of "Enterprise-class" >>either. I think it means being extremely scalable, the ability to span >>across multiple servers in multiple locations (geographically), and the >>ability for multiple other systems to communicate with each other. Am I >>wrong on this? What is the exact definition of "Enterprise-class"? I >>work for an enterprise and we use multiple languages for different >>purposes - does that count? I'd be interested to hear people's >>definitions. >> >> > >It's a marketing buzzword. It means exactly one thing: expensive. > > For me, if I hear the buzzword though, I at least expect I can do replication/failover/clustering at both the DBMS and Web tier. I don't necessarily associate the buzzword with expensive though. There are OSS technologies that have "Enterprise" features. I do agree, however, that some companies use the buzzword and then provide a checklist of things that either don't matter or that you can get anywhere, and then charge a lot.
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