[DUG]: Suggestions or comments...

2000-07-24 Thread Jeremy Coulter
Hi all. We have a situation here where we have an NT service and a normal DB Application that both use Interbase. The problem we have is that the NT Service chews up an IB lic. when it is in use...i.e. all the time. this then means we would have to get an extra client lic. which is not

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2000-07-24 Thread Nic Wise
9.360.0231 / ddi: 09.360.6713 / cell: 021.676.418 -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeremy CoulterSent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 11:09To: Multiple recipients of list delphiSubject: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments... Hi all.

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2000-07-24 Thread Simon Mahony
]: Suggestions or comments... Hi all. We have a situation here where we have an NT service and a normal DB Application that both use Interbase. The problem we have is that the NT Service chews up an IB lic. when it is in use...i.e. all the time. this then means we would have to get

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2000-07-24 Thread Jerermy Coulter
only while its in beta tho...isn't it ? Jeremy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Simon Mahony Sent: Tuesday, July 25, 2000 12:00 PM To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: Re: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments... Jeremy, If you get

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2000-07-24 Thread Nic Wise
:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jerermy Coulter Sent: Tuesday, 25 July 2000 12:03 To: Multiple recipients of list delphi Subject: RE: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments... only while its in beta tho...isn't it ? Jeremy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

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2000-07-24 Thread Nic Wise
Inprise/Borland. Interbase 6.0 and above will be owned and open sourced by Interbase Corp. (? did I get the name right Nic ?) and as soon as Inprises Dude, I have _no_ idea what they are going to call it, but I guess it has "Interbase" in there somewhere. legal dept. lets the two companies

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2000-07-24 Thread Mark Derricutt
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Neven MacEwan wrote: If you only want 1 or 2 lics then MSSQL7 (as MSDE) is free Now, is that free as in bear, or as in speech? MSDE comes with Access 2000, you also get rights to redist. it for free -if- you own one of MS's recent development systems. So its not

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2000-07-24 Thread Mark Derricutt
On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Neven MacEwan wrote: Red Hat also put DB2 on their pro version I can't see anyone paying for SQL lics in 12 months Man I love a good bun fight Has anyone here actually used DB2? -- Inspired by the taste of horror, proud to be insane forever Let out the killer in me!

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2000-07-24 Thread Neven MacEwan
Subject: Re: [DUG]: Suggestions or comments... On Tue, 25 Jul 2000, Neven MacEwan wrote: If you only want 1 or 2 lics then MSSQL7 (as MSDE) is free Now, is that free as in bear, or as in speech? MSDE comes with Access 2000, you also get rights to redist. it for free -if- you own one of MS's

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2000-07-24 Thread Neven MacEwan
Nic A DB is too complex and valuable to be totally free Aren't you contadicting yourself here? IB6 is free so therefore it can't be complex/valuble/any good? Regards Neven --- New Zealand Delphi Users group -

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2000-07-24 Thread Simon Mahony
- Original Message - From: Neven MacEwan [EMAIL PROTECTED] You guys are a bunch on pedants! Free as in MSDE has got to be better than dBase/Paradox/Jet.. DB2 Cant be that bad Ooohhh, thems fightin' words ! :-) By golly, where shall we start ? "...MSDE has got to be better

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2000-07-24 Thread Neven MacEwan
Simon You must also remember that Chamberlain said 'I have plucked this rose peace from the thorns of War' If you complete the shakespearian quote you will find that it goes on to say that all it not as it seems... Neville may not have been the fool we think he was Re DB2 I have to admit

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2000-07-24 Thread Nic Wise
You guys are a bunch on pedants! yes, but not as bad as the "people" on slashdot, tho :) Free as in MSDE has got to be better than dBase/Paradox/Jet.. the product is better, BUT you have to either buy 1100$ worth of Office 2000 PER USER or however much an office 2000 developer "pack"