Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows
Kat:
Joel may have been a little rough, but he had a very valid point. At a certain
point in time maintaining an old system becomes more expensive then upgrading to
a new system. Either way whether or not the client upgrades it will cost them
money. It would seem to me that spending the money to upgrade now would be far
more cost effective then constantly throwing money at a problem that will
eventually force them to upgrade.
Bret Belgarde
Network Administrator
Seattle Crab Co./Skippers Inc.
--He who laughs last, didn't get the joke--
Kat wrote:
> Joel, some people do not have money, and cannot get it. Period.
>
> Rather than belittling him and his equipment, could you offer a networked
> way to get more performance out of what little he has, by spreading the job
> around some?
>
> Kat,
> thinking maybe spreading the DB out and telling all the puters to help
> search it *might* help some. Not counting an indexing scheme...
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joel Crook" <joel at MAIL.K-A.COM>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, February 24, 2000 11:11 AM
> Subject: Re: RDBMS for DOS and Windows
>
> >
> > Being a network consultant I think I know the kind of "client" he is
> dealing
> > with... the type that makes me want to run far, far away... screaming!!!!
> >
> > Look at the platforms he is running.... It is a wonder they keep proper
> time
> > (y2k bugs! splat!)...
> >
> > The problem is that his client does not care enough about his business,
> his
> > employee's time or his money. He has a network that is in total work about
> $125
> > for everything including the 8mb boat anchor.
> >
> > What brand of SQL were you going to recommend he put on the server or
> > workstation? His client does not have a machine that can run SQL unless he
> > drops more memory in the server and puts Linux on it... With the kind of
> client
> > (dunderhead) he's got it is not likely to happen.
> >
> > Sorry if I sound a bit irate but I've learned the hard way that playing
> patty
> > fingers with clients like this guarantees migraines and ulcers. He needs
> to
> > give his client an education or he needs to get a different client.
> >
> >
> > At 08:58 AM 02/24/2000 -0500, you wrote:
> > >>> Brian wrote
> > >>Well I realize that this doesn't help the DOS users out any, but Fabio
> > >>Ramirez has created an SQL wrapper that works really well. I just
> started
> > >>learning SQL last week, and I'm already writing data entry programs
> using
> > >>joined tables, primary and foreign indecies, and all that good stuff.
> It
> > >>really has a lot of promise for the WIN32/Linux platform. DOS
> > >>unfortunately is another story. I don't forsee anyone coming up with a
> > >>RDBMS library for DOS now or ever, simply due to the fact that the
> 16-bit
> > >>OS is going the way of the dinosaur. [Moment of silence].
> > >
> > > Brian:
> > >
> > > Why couldn't he run windows on a workstation with a window's
> > > Novel network client. This would keep other Novell stuff working.
> > > Then that workstation could access the SQL database or be used as
> > > a SQL server to the dos workstation, If this worked he could eventually
> > > move more all the workstations to windows.
> > >
> > > Bernie
> >
> > Joel H. Crook
> >
> > Manager, Information Services
> > Certified Novell Administrator
> > Microsoft Certified Professional, OS Specialist
> >
> > Kellogg & Andelson Accountancy Corp.
> > 14724 Ventura Blvd. 2nd Floor
> > Sherman Oaks, CA 91403
> > (818) 971-5100
> >
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