idiot database flamewars

From: Richard Welty (rwelty_at_averillpark.net)
Date: 01/31/04

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Date: Sat, 31 Jan 2004 12:08:51 -0500 (EST)

    could you guys kindly please stop it?

    i'm no fan of M$, and i like postgresql a lot, but face facts here.
    the guy is proposing a major migration of his desktops. no sane
    IT shop would simultaneously migrate an entire database
    infrastructure. what he needs are working ODBC or JDBC
    drivers so the apps on the linux desktops can talk to M$ SQL
    Server, nothing more and nothing less. both options should
    work; he didn't give enough information about his desktop
    App to really suggest which he needed.

    PostgreSQL and MySQL may not even meet the needs of
    said IT shop, none of you have any idea what their schemas
    or SQL look like. i've dabbled in Oracle->PostgreSQL migration
    before, and it can be pretty challenging if certain "features"
    were used by the Oracle developers.

    MS SQL Server-> <some Open Source DB> is likely to be
    every bit as challenging, so it's pretty silly to propose it in
    this case.

    this flame war is a real waste of bandwidth.

    sheesh,
      richard 

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