Sorry Lynn, that was directed at mySQL/Oracle. Bob
On Nov 24, 2010, at 10:22 AM, Lynn Fredricks wrote: >> <rant> Can I please have my old relational database model >> back? Can I please have Visual Foxpro? Or 4D? Or ANYTHING >> ELSE but this unwieldy, blood sucking, "the more money you >> make the more you have to give us" kind of database model we >> call SQL? We've been sold out, lads! SOLD OUT!!! </rant> > > Business models are usually the product of competitors colliding against > each other until, like stones on a beach, they start to resemble each other. > Some are truly baffling. Here's an example - > > In the real time 3D video market (machinanima), almost all players have > moved from a standard tool maker type business model to a "service" model > or, attach provisions to their software use to make it impossible to ship > products in their native format without paying them some form of royalty OR > requiring you to sell through their online stores. I think this is a result > of their own initial mismarketing and immaturity of the market place in the > first few years of their appearance, but all seem to have locked down their > tools into a walled garden model. But the number of competitors is very few, > and they all seem to have gone the same direction of trying to extract use > type fees. > > Its sort of like a cartel, without the 10 galleon hats and cigars, but with > the soul eating. > > We have sort of an inverse situation, because the market for databases is > extremely mature, yet no single DB is king and can do everything (and why > there are many smaller, less expensive or free alternatives prospering). The > big guys can often get as "walled garden" as they like because they often > have death grips on their soul eaten customers. > > Best regards, > > Lynn Fredricks > President > Paradigma Software > http://www.paradigmasoft.com > > Valentina SQL Server: The Ultra-fast, Royalty Free Database Server > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
