Subject | Re: Oracle to offer free database |
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Author | Svein Erling Tysvær |
Post date | 2005-10-31T09:27:54Z |
--- In Firebird-general@yahoogroups.com, "Thomas Steinmaurer" wrote:
Embedded -> Personal
Classic -> Standard
SuperServer -> Enterprise
or something, so that decision makers may consider Firebird a viable
alternative without having to learn anything about the database, or is
it enough for CONNECT to emphasize that Firebird can be "upgraded" if
so desired?
Set
> Like with MSSQL, Oracle will offer with a free edition an upgradeSo... should Firebird be renamed:
> path to their higher editions. I know quite some people who are
> using MSDE for instance, just because there is an "upgrade path" to
> their Standard or Enterprise Edition. People (decision maker) love
> such a backdoor just in case MSDE gets to small for their environment,
> and if they won't trust open source databases like Firebird.
Embedded -> Personal
Classic -> Standard
SuperServer -> Enterprise
or something, so that decision makers may consider Firebird a viable
alternative without having to learn anything about the database, or is
it enough for CONNECT to emphasize that Firebird can be "upgraded" if
so desired?
Set