> >>> >> Perhaps what is really being asked is "what is the best general > > >> purpose database product for future investment?"<< > > > > Totally different question for a totally different perspective. > > > But it is high on the list of considerations with something > as important as a language decision, > where hundreds of thousands and even millions of dollars are > involved.<< > > The difference of when the decision of language and tools is > made is huge. You make it first and you > are likely to fail. You make the decision after the bulk of > the requirements are made and you are > more likely to improve the odds for success. Once you have > the requirements figured out you can ask > the question of what is the better of the development tools > and can debate more efficiently which > vendor you will use for language X. I can use any language to > build an application that stores data > in tables. Understanding the strengths and weaknesses between > the languages for a specific project > is what good developers are able to do.
That's true if all that matters for this decision is one project, but the choice of a major language/dev tool comes with much broader implications and has to take into account the companies other and future projects as well as the one being considered, not to mention being able to take advantage of new opportunities. And Nick is talking about a 10 year period of time. No matter how hard we try, we can't collect requirements for that scenario. As Nick posted, it's a "Crystal Ball" question, and I'm agreeing. This is one for the visionaries. Bill > > Rick _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
