On 13/04/05 11:30 +0500, sherlock@vsnl.com wrote:
On Tuesday 12 April 2005 13:23, Abhishek Daga wrote:
But someone raised an interesting question. What if Tally were to shut shop (remember what your mother told you about "never say never"), and given that it's a proprietory Database, sure a lot of people will be bambooed to high heavens.
Aha. Tally refuses to support older versions, without paying for all the upgrades. So dont wait for Tally to shutdown to get screwed. You are already screwed.
The generic problem statement as I see consists of the following parts: a) Using a database that is not proprietory and tried and tested while being tinkerable..(mysql or postGres)
What ever gave you the idea that free and open databases are not tried and tested. Postgres (renamed firebird db ) and Mysql are
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ When did THAT happen? Firebird is the Borland Interbase database, one version of which was GPLed.
Devdas Bhagat