Also, please consider this from another point of view. While SAP DB is a has good brand value and a long heritage, it has experienced low levels of adoption in the community.
That's not the fault of the software, but of SAP, who haven't done anything to attract attention to the software.
So what did you guys from SAP and MySQL expect? A German magazin reported about SAPDB and Firebird, and SAPDB was the winner in my eyes after reading the article.
BTW: no word about MySQL in that article, because it was a test on Open Source Enterprise Databases.
The association of the technology with MySQL will introduce millions of users to the database via an interface that they know and understand.
Let me get this straight: "via an interface that they know and understand"? You're not actually planning on removing the current management tools and substituting your far inferior mysql frontend, are you?
After reeading that SAPDB will become some kind of "storage engine", i'm getting really disapointed, because SAPDB is _more_ than that.
I'm not expecting MySQL to be more like SAPDB - that's a pitty.
I totally agree to what Thomas Cataldo said, and the "via an interface that they know and understand"-thing is really meaningless.
I can tell a guy how to install SAPDB as well as MySQL in 10min - although DBMGUI is only available under windows, which is a shame.
Sorry, but I think you're missing the point. We don't like the database just because it's called "SAP DB". We like it because it is good. Very good, indeed. And it appears that there'll be not much left of that, once you are done with your "integration."
That's the point. We want MySQL to become an extended SAPDB, not the other way round.
_______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
