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echo: osdebate
to: Geo
from: Adam
date: 2006-11-07 01:05:22
subject: Re: Microsoft to pull out of China?

From: Adam <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the field.near
the bridge">

Geo wrote:
> "Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in
> message news:454e7008$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>
>> I'm sure you're correct but if it were such a great DB engine it could
>> run on *ix /linux etc.
>
> I use Progress databases on Unix and SQL server on NT, trust me on this, sql
> server really is a nice DB engine. It's just overpriced like all the other
> db's.
>
> Geo.
>
>
Oh indeed. I've just done a switch for a j2ee thing for the nhs from
sqlserver to mysql/innodb (needed transactions). Both db'es are on windows
(it's not a massive app (a vocab server)) but it was the portability which
was a required feature.

To me so long as it's sql92 & solid......then shrug.

Adam

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