Actually... as one with the vested interest...
I'm not opposed to entering an equation in one of the basic algebraic forms. Given
that line types and line segment types both exist, I'm happy to weigh the cost/benefit
between choosing an lseg and entering 2 points, or choosing a line and
I have an slightly different perspective on this. I hope it will be a bit useful
Background:
I'm a senior developer for a consulting firm. I too have experience with DB/2, Oracle, Sybase, Adabase, and M$ SQL.
In the last few years of work I've been moving from the technical side of things to be
Begin forwarded message:
I said:
BTW - Oracle other commercial vendors handle these contingencies by
buying insurance policies.
I think I should probably correct the above statement. I think Oracle
specifically has a large enough revenue stream that they have no need to
purchase an
I think PostgreSQL's standards are a bit too high. From my point of view, the team as a whole has no desire to build the worlds best open source database from the point of view of functionality. They seem more interested in the writing the open source database with the world's most aesthetically
Begin forwarded message:
I said:
BTW - Oracle other commercial vendors handle these contingencies by
buying insurance policies.
I think I should probably correct the above statement. I think Oracle
specifically has a large enough revenue stream that they have no need to
purchase an
to any kind of damages claim.
Chris
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Tim Hart Wrote:
If a catastrophic software failure results in a high percentage of lost
revenue, a corporation might be able to seek monetary compensation from a
commercial vendor. They could even be taken to court - depending upon
licensing
On Thursday, 27, 2002, at 10:07AM, Josh Berkus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Or from a financial perspective: An enterprise MS SQL 2000 user can
expect to pay, under Licensing 6.0, about $10,000 - $20,000 a year in
licnesing fees -- *not including any support*. Just $2000-$5000 buys
you a
