In fairness, I don't think anyone is trolling. I think it's healthy to question the technical merits of the platforms you use and compare them to alternatives.
A community that shouts "go away trolls! we like it here!" whenever someone asks an uneasy question is probably one I don't belong in. I think we are asking fair, on-topic questions about the technology, its future, and its usefulness compared to other systems that have entered the market. No one is belittling anyone else for using U2 or being a UniBasic developer. I've used the technology for many years. I'm just not going to be content with a platform that stagnates. When I'm unhappy, I speak up. :-) -Rob On Thu, Jul 14, 2011 at 11:17 AM, Jeff Schasny <[email protected]> wrote: > You were given many reasons and dismissed them all with nothing more than a > shrug. > > Apparently, now you believe you've made your point. Good for you. > > Amazing as it may sound, on a list full of people who are U2 developers > you're going to find people who use U2 because we're experts in it, and to > us it's as easy as pie to develop in this environment. We use it with > various front end tools to make it pretty like any other database > environment. We also use a variety of other open source and proprietary > tools when the situation calls for it. > > And now I believe I'll stop feeding the troll and go have some more coffee. > > > Holt, Jake wrote: > >> U2 has an easy learning curve ..? What? MV is a completely foreign >> concept to most people and I'd wager a large number of DBAs. There is >> no conceivable way that installing U2, setting up a database, developing >> an application and presenting it using a technology that's not a >> dinosaur can be considering easy in comparison to the majority of other >> databases out there. >> If you're happy with the current MV market then that's fine, but my >> original intention in asking the question was to find out if there was >> really any conceivable reason that NEW users would adopt U2 over another >> option. If people are happy to just watch it bleed and die that's fine, >> but if you want the market to grow you're going to have to address some >> of the issues already brought up. Issues that many other databases >> addressed a decade ago. >> >> Like I said initially, I like U2, I just have no conceivable reason to >> use it outside our ERP system when I have a number of other options >> available that are, frankly, better. >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: >> u2-users-bounces@listserver.**u2ug.org<[email protected]> >> [mailto:u2-users-bounces@**listserver.u2ug.org<[email protected]>] >> On Behalf Of Bill Brutzman >> Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2011 9:30 AM >> To: U2 Users List >> Subject: [U2] Rocks >> >> Rob: >> >> This is the U2 list. The developers on this list... like, live, and >> breathe U2. U2 is a legacy database for in which, over decades, >> companies have invested in mega-mountains of code. I find it galling >> when newbies so often expect companies to instantly bail on their >> colossal stake. >> >> Is U2 ever going to be cloud-based? Maybe... maybe not. Although U2 is >> the UniVersal choice... for fresh new projects, designers may have good >> reasons to opt for a rival technologies. For add-on projects, U2 has an >> easy learning curve. >> >> I hope that this explanation sheds some new light. >> >> --Bill >> >> -----Original Message----- >> >> Sent: Wednesday, July 13, 2011 9:26 PM >> Subject: Re: [U2] Why Pick U2 ? >> >> I have to heartily disagree that U2 has a sophisticated business rules >> engine. ... >> >> -Rob >> ______________________________**_________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/**mailman/listinfo/u2-users<http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users> >> ______________________________**_________________ >> U2-Users mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://listserver.u2ug.org/**mailman/listinfo/u2-users<http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users> >> >> >> > > -- > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > Jeff Schasny - Denver, Co, USA > jschasny at gmail dot com > ------------------------------**------------------------------** > ------------ > > ______________________________**_________________ > U2-Users mailing list > [email protected] > http://listserver.u2ug.org/**mailman/listinfo/u2-users<http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users> > _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list [email protected] http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
