At  02:22 PM 2/19/2003, Shahan, Ray wrote:
>Just took at look at the 'Oracle 8i, The Complete Reference'...ugh!  Damn 
>near need a fork lift to move the *&^%$ thing!!
>
>I then went to the shelf to pull the trusty old Image manual...looked at 
>the Oracle manual, then the Image manual again...absolutely disgusting!  I 
>mean, what the hell have they created?

http://www.open-mag.com/01943583279.htm
Mårten Mickos, CEO of MySQL AB:
>>00001. You're asked to cut costs.
>>
>>Your boss has asked you. And her boss has asked her. This goes all the 
>>way up to the shareholders. They're not after great expectations. They're 
>>looking for dividends.
>>
>>00010. You need to examine what you pay in the light of what you need.
>>
>>Databases are becoming a commodity. The features war is over. Sure, 
>>closed-source relational databases can do 400 percent of what you need, 
>>or more. But now's the time to assess whether you are paying for features 
>>you'll never use.

Any questions? :)

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