Malcolm Greene wrote: > Any comments on the statements made in this article? > > Why Open Source Database Drivers Are Not Viable > http://www.datadirect.com/developer/jdbc/open-source-database-drivers/index.ssp > > What a bunch of manure. 58 versions of licensing permutations? Gasp! As opposed to unlimited permutations for proprietary licenses? Open source license complexity? As compared to Microsoft license simplicity? It doesn't provide the level of testing that traditional models do? You mean, thousands of users pounding on it across the world aren't as thorough as the "alpha" team at BigBox software? Yeah, must be true, 'cause God knows, MS RARELY issues security updates, compared to those oh-so-frequent Linux security flaws.
"Open Source Risk Means Business Disruption" Huh? Crappy software is crappy software - open source or not... *"Application downtime and data integrity problems" * Huh? Crappy software is crappy software - open source or not... *"**Technology replacement cost**" Yeah! You don't need to upgrade ANYTHING to use MS Vista... oh, wait.... yes you do... and.... Hold on.... I see by the scroll bar I'm only about 25% of the way through the "article". To hell with it...* PS: I have to apologize. I said "manure" in the first sentence. I meant to say "crap." _______________________________________________ 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.
