Gerry, This IS a generally accepted use of the term "embedded database" and it certainly isn't confined to this list or the mv community. It may be one with which you are not familiar, but that's another issue entirely.
An "embedded database" doesn't necessarily have anything to do with an "embedded system", despite the similarity in names. > -----Original Message----- > From: gerry-u2ug [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 4:39 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [U2] uv pe > > wow - I'm always amazed at the tendency of people on this > list and perhaps mv in general to take well defined terms and > turn around and use those terms in a completely different > context in what seems like an attempt to 'pull one over' by > forgetting to mention that their definition is completely > different than the generally accepted usage. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Key Ally > Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 05:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [U2] uv pe > > Gerry, > Embedded is also a code word meaning "we don't mention > this part by > name". When people sell DB2 or Oracle based solutions, they > tend to say, > we run our Apparel Application on Oracle. When the run on UniVerse, > UniData, and other MVs, they tend to say: We have an Apparel > Application... > I've seen statistics from IBM claiming that as many as 11% of the > embedded database sales worldwide are U2. > > - Charles "Embedded" Barouch > . > gerry-u2ug wrote: > > >ok , so why would they care about PE ? > > > >What are you basing your 'embedded market' statement on ? I > haven't heard of any instances of universe being run on any > kind of embedded system - not saying there aren't any, i've > just never heard of them. ------- u2-users mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
