Subject | Re: [Firebird-general] Re: Firebird's slogan |
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Author | Ann W. Harrison |
Post date | 2005-04-08T20:19:25Z |
Paul,
more interested in having their names in magazine articles than keeping
their jobs. We're beginning to see new customers here - for a long time
most US IBPhoenix customers came with us from Borland in 2000. They
still come from Borland (generally) but we are beginning to see new faces.
friendly) is worth what you pay for it - or less - and that paying a
commercial company for support on products they sell is a better
guarantee of success. You and I know that's not true, but it is widely
believed. Our message needs to address the question of "if there's a
problem, where do I go?"
software developers create excellent, affordable solutions. Well, MySQL
doesn't, but the others mostly do.
databases - reliable, long commercial experience, complete, etc.
a license for the underlying data storage engine. Firebird is a natural
for that slot, particularly in its embedded configuration.
Regards,
Ann
>People in the US are very concerned about anything new - unless they're
> Perhaps being on the leading edge is a negative for many people.
more interested in having their names in magazine articles than keeping
their jobs. We're beginning to see new customers here - for a long time
most US IBPhoenix customers came with us from Borland in 2000. They
still come from Borland (generally) but we are beginning to see new faces.
> The point about the quality of theMy concern there is the perception that "free" support (how ever
> community was not intended to knock somebody else, but as a quality
> of FB that I personally appreciate.
friendly) is worth what you pay for it - or less - and that paying a
commercial company for support on products they sell is a better
guarantee of success. You and I know that's not true, but it is widely
believed. Our message needs to address the question of "if there's a
problem, where do I go?"
>To some extent, we do. We provide enabling technology, free, to help
>>lets look at ways to convince people to use Firebird who
>>would otherwise not consider an open source database.
>
> That suggests that OS databases share a collective positioning that
> sets them apart from proprietary db's with a collective positioning.
software developers create excellent, affordable solutions. Well, MySQL
doesn't, but the others mostly do.
> Although being open source is an important benefit of Firebird, it isRight. We want to establish that we're the adult among the open source
> only a small part of the total benefit. We compete just as much with
> MSSQL as with MySQL as with Sybase, etc.
databases - reliable, long commercial experience, complete, etc.
>Almost all verticals want a way to demo their product without requiring
> ... Another route is to target the
> multitude of niche "vertical" solution providers and convince them of
> the idea that their sell to the final user gets a lot easier if they
> switch their product to FB.
a license for the underlying data storage engine. Firebird is a natural
for that slot, particularly in its embedded configuration.
Regards,
Ann