> The original request was for windows only. And what exactly is the average > person going to do with open source anyway ? I'm not saying MSSQL > express is > better or anything like that but I sense a M$ bash for no reason. > Allen
PostgreSQL runs on Windows or Linux, so why would a Windows Only request be an issue or reasonable? I can tell you I started out with, and am still using, the PostgreSQL Windows version and it runs great. On a different machine I am also using the Linux version, and again, it runs great. Both took a while to learn to set up and get running. I had to do some reading on the matter, and get my feet very wet. But once I learned how to use PostgreSQL I was hooked. It works great with VFP, and has proven both solid and scalable (I use parameterized views to keep my cursor sizes under the VFP 2Gb file size limit). For the record, I am not necessarily a M$ basher, but when I see better solutions (especially Open Source/Free) offered that are less costly/restrictive than M$'s offerings, I am no longer so apprehensive about moving in that direction. I have grown weary of M$'s technology hopping from the "This time this is the best solution you can use for your customers" to the "Now this is really and truly the best solution for you to use, and anyone using the old stuff is foolish, and we will advertise heavily to make certain you and your prospective customers know it". I have gone through 4 iterations of that crap, and I am not going to drink their kool-aid any more. I do not have to. I feel M$ has time and again spiked their previous technologies maliciously, and pushed their latest bloatware far more for their own benefit than mine or my customers. If they really cared about the solutions that work best for my customers when using M$ solutions they would not have abandoned VFP. I am so weary of the entire Vista debacle, and now have to pay a premium to be able to downgrade Vista Ultimate to XP Pro to avoid using Vista OS - yet M$ will count any machines I downgrade to XP as another Vista sale, further "proving" how broadly Vista is being adopted. Let's not even get into the continual hammering by viruses & malware I have to perpetually spend all kinds of money for to help protect M$'s Operating Systems from being invaded, and time burned cleaning up when the defenses are still overcome. I am still miffed about their Terminal Services CAL pricing change with Server 2003+, which bit me last year (used to be free, now essentially doubles the User CAL license fee). I think that was my turning point when I decided to move my focus more to using Open Source (Linux) for my Servers, and to make certain I selected solutions that worked on both Windows and Linux PostgreSQL). It is not so much that I despise M$ for what they have done and allowed to happen that irritates me, it is more that they really do not seem to give a rat's ass - and are very quick to come out with all kinds of craziness "proving" a free Linux OS is magically more expensive to set up and run than Windows Server (not true, I use both, Linux is a snap to maintain - and requires no AntiVirus protection, only needs to be rebooted when I make an internal hardware change, runs without needing any tweaking after it is set up). Frankly, I have come to not trust M$ as it is painfully clear they are looking out for their own best interests, not for the best interests of mine or my customers. It is up to me to seek out the best tools to use, and M$ is no longer the top provider of such solutions. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Allen > Sent: Monday, July 07, 2008 3:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Firebird or MySQL > > > The original request was for windows only. And what exactly is the average > person going to do with open source anyway ? I'm not saying MSSQL > express is > better or anything like that but I sense a M$ bash for no reason. > Allen > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Ed Leafe > Sent: 06 July 2008 23:02 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Firebird or MySQL > > On Jul 6, 2008, at 3:51 PM, Kevin S. Goff wrote: > > > Just out of curiosity, has anyone in this conversation considered SQL > > 2005 Express? > > Let's see: closed source, proprietary, Windows-only, limited. What > part of that is supposed to be attractive? > > -- Ed Leafe > > > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ 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.
