If you have to migrate your data from your old system to your new system I don't think it matters at all that the databases the systems use are the same, the formats of the data will be so different you are going to have to do an export and import anyway.
I sell my products into their verticals based upon their functionality. Most of my customers don't know that it runs on unidata, the ones that do ask never make a comment as it is not the reason they are buying software , what they need is a solution to their business problem. -----Original Message----- From: u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org [mailto:u2-users-boun...@listserver.u2ug.org] On Behalf Of Wjhonson Sent: 19 December 2012 22:41 To: u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org Subject: Re: [U2] Secrets was Vinnie Smith Then you're not understanding me. I am not speaking at all of sites that use home-built systems. I am speaking of vendors, who sell application abc, to *others*, and yet their advertising is squelched by all the noise. If I have a client who is say a video rental store (they do still exist) and their existing software company has vanished, the owner is most likely to say, gee let's look at what's available in the market to move our data to. If I can say, here is another company, also making software for your exact same vertical, and luckily, they use the exact same database.... that is an advantage to me, and the client both. I can't do that today, because unlike some other databases, their doesn't seem to be any such resource to list who has what app for sale in the MV world. -----Original Message----- From: David Jordan <da...@dacono.com.au> To: U2 Users List <u2-users@listserver.u2ug.org> Sent: Wed, Dec 19, 2012 1:53 pm Subject: Re: [U2] Secrets was Vinnie Smith Hi Will What you are raising is the issue of internal customised U2 sites which are a dying breed. The new market is applications where people buy the applications, not the database. Vendors see no benefit from advertising that they use U2 where they get no financial benefit and they could disadvantage themselves. Even Oracle based packages are talking less about Oracle. If a site is Microsoft SQL Server, why get yourself knocked off the list. The trend is such that Oracle is buying ERP tools to sell, because people no longer make decisions on Databases. SAP is moving the customer to their purchased Sybase database. The market is all moving towards applications as the decision making process. George and I advertise that we run on U2 product, but many of the ISVs don't see any benefit. Regards David Jordan _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users ----- No virus found in this message. Checked by AVG - www.avg.com Version: 2012.0.2221 / Virus Database: 2637/5470 - Release Date: 12/19/12 _______________________________________________ U2-Users mailing list U2-Users@listserver.u2ug.org http://listserver.u2ug.org/mailman/listinfo/u2-users
