At 15.26 07/11/2002 +0000, you wrote:
Only a few words....

>Well, you are a strange looser.
>- Open source is ruling the world (Linux...)

Open Source has a part of the world is not "ruling the world"....

>- Firebird is also supported by IBPhoenix. They are among the best around
>if you need professional support
>- If something wrong is going with Firebird, you could fix it by yourself.
>Tell your consultant to do the same with MSSQL, please.

Please tell me how many developers are able to fix firebird by themselves....

>- How much does your company cost MSSQL compared with Firebird? Does it
>run on a (cheap) server with a free OS (Linux )? ;)

Price is not the most important factor in a company investment.

>- How long does it takes to MSSQL to fix a problem, compared with Firebird
>comunity (and CVS repository)?

I remember you that we are currently using a bugged optimizer and I am
currently spending several days optimizing
queries that would run smoothly and with correct indexes on other servers.....

>- How secure are your information on MSQSL? Are there backdors? None
>(anymore) here ;)

Do you know any back door on MSSQL?

>- How many headaces (apart from money) for licensing MSSQL and clients?

You can license it for a processor if you need many users....
and also it hasn't a too big cost per user.....

>- Will Delphi run good as it does with Firebird (supposed you are using
>direct connection layer, like IBX or,that I use, IBO)? Ok, your consultant
>will tel you to drop Delphi and go to VisualBasic, I suppose ;)

I developed serveral Delphi Applications that uses ADO or DbGO or whatever
is now his name!

>- Could you tell your boss to sent me all the money you are saving with
>Firebird? The day he will need MSSQL to replace Firebird because Firebir
>is dead, I will give him back sure!

Marco I think that Tobias has his right to be angry, but I think that
firebird is not the panacea....
I am a strong user of Firebird since its birth, but I also use MS SQL Server.
All depends on the customers and on the applications that I need to write....
I'm sorry to tell you that SQL Server has a more powerful language for
Stored Procedures
and also I can tell you that SQL Server is as stable as firebird with some
exceptions...
SQL Server runs smoothly on multiprocessor machines using every processor
for its task...
it runs smoothly on clusters etc etc...
I think that everything depends on the customer needs....
but now for big customers SQL Server is a better choice than FB...
This is my opinion of course...
My two cents,
Marco


Best Regards,
Marco Lauria
STARMAX s.a.s.

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