> Hmmm...didn't monkey boy (Ballmer) say that open source wasn't as > secure, or viral, or some other nonsense? >
Likely so, along with other crapisms that have spewed from his mouth. I have heard it from very otherwise "in the know" folks over the past few years. And not just from sales reps for commercial solutions either. Whatever... It all still beats doing this stuff on paper manually <g>, or even trying to Excel as a pretend database just cuz we "understand" Excel <g>... Oh, and when we learn how to record keystroke and build macros like that, well, we are then expert programmers... Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:profoxtech- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of MB Software Solutions General Account > Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 5:43 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Advantage Database and VFP > > Gilbert M. Hale wrote: > > There are some folks that do not want, or are not allowed (company > policy, > > etc.) to use anything that is Open Source. I feel Open Source > solutions > are > > more likely to be more secure than commercial solutions. But I have > found > > plenty of folks that prefer to argue that point. For me, my > recommendation > > for a database that scales larger than VFP is PostgreSQL. But, given > what > > ADS offers, for folks who feel paying for a database is the better > solution, > > well, I just may have a viable, relatively lower cost alternative to > M$ SQL > > Server and Oracle. Amazingly my clients that are persistently > bumping into > > the SQL Server 2005 Express 4Gb limit are resistant to PostgreSQL. > But > they > > do not want to pay for SQL Server for 3,000+ employees. So, ADS may > just be > > the ticket for them - and I can still slipstream my VFP app into the > mix to > > feed them updated data! > > > Hmmm...didn't monkey boy (Ballmer) say that open source wasn't as > secure, or viral, or some other nonsense? > > -- > Mike Babcock, MCP > MB Software Solutions, LLC > President, Chief Software Architect > http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com > http://fabmate.com > http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 > > > > [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.
