Hello Sven! On May 31, 2003 12:20, Sven K�hler wrote: ... > 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.
I don't quite understand your comment. Can you rephrase it? > BTW: no word about MySQL in that article, because it was a test on Open > Source Enterprise Databases. This is fine. If they are comparing free/open databases with similar feature sets, then SAP DB and Firebird (and PostgreSQL) are appropriate choices. ... > 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 will attempt to accurately define what we know will happen with SAP DB and MySQL integration in the FAQ. > 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. I disagree. Integration is tremendously powerful - the ability of someone to use a new product via a familiar method greatly increases adoption levels. > > 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. We have no intention of discarding the value of the SAP DB technology (or our own technology for that matter) :) Cheers! --zak _______________________________________________ sapdb.general mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://listserv.sap.com/mailman/listinfo/sapdb.general
