Ken 'the interview man' says:

>Joe after me after etc.:
>
><<  Yes Ken --- but the issue here is - will M. B. Foster UNBUNDLE from
>DataExpress, the ODBC driver?  The issue is that to get the full
>ODBC/Link, you have to get DataExpress as well.  The thing people are
>thinking of is cost, I believe, in that they don't want or do not
>need DataExpress.  >>
>
>Yup, I understand....  Far be it for me to try to speak for Birket,
>so I will only add that my impression from all of the conversations
>in this area for the last going-on-18 months is that M.B. Foster
>has not given any indication that they might be willing to unbundle
>ODBC/Link from DataExpress...  As you said, I'm sure Birket will
>correct me if I'm wrong....

I also don't want to speak for Birket, who as we all know, has no
problem doing this for himself :-).

However, my understanding is that ODBCLINK is tighly integrated into
the DataExpress product for all of its advanced security features and
dictionary info/etc required for handling various data sources. Unbundling
this would defeat the 'value proposition' that MB Foster has carefully
crafted for the existing product. One might conclude that this is
a finely tuned plan based on 'leverage'. Or one could conclude its
a plan designed to frustrate the US because we keep winning the
Stanley Cup and Birket is mad as hell about it :-).

In fact, the undbundled version of ODBCLINK is ODBCLINK/SE, the new 32
bit driver that is licensed to HP, soon (we all hope and assume)
to be released. And its free.




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