Or MS where I encountered a major defect show stopper in SQLServer years ago
and was informed that Yup, I had found a defect, no they were not going to
fix it and supply a patch; it might be in the next release and it might not.
Whereas Oracle was willing to provide me with a patch when I had an
equivalent type show stopper bug. Once they figured out where the problem
was - and it was a lot harder to find than the one in SQL Server - I HAD A
PATCH IN 4 HOURS. (patch worked just fine)
Is someone in MySQL et al. going to provide me with that level of service
when it is critical. Nope.
Jim
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with family. Remove the negative part, keep the minus sign. You can figure
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"Volker Hetzer" <volker.hetzer_at_ieee.org> wrote in message
news:bf6073$qpm$1_at_news.fujitsu-siemens.com...
> Keith wrote:
> > So much for the 'Unbreakable' strategy..
> Is there any reason for your constant flaming?
> Or the crossposting?
> Problems happen. The difference between oracle
> and other db supports is that oracle support is actually
> competent and willing to help you. At least the support
> guys I encountered so far. This in contrast to, for instance
> cygnus support (RIP) which we bought for one year,
> put in one bug request and never heard from again,
> apart from the usual your-bug-has-been-received message.
>
> Greetings!
> Volker
> --
> While it is a known fact that programmers
> never make mistakes, it is still a good idea
> to humor the users by checking for errors at
> critical points in your program.
> -Robert D. Schneider, "Optimizing INFORMIX
> Applications"
>
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 17 2003 - 21:58:58 CDT
