Re: SAP DB: The unsung Open Source DB

DON'T make the mistake I just made, and install:

Adobe Acrobat Reader 6.0 ( on WindowsXP pro, at least ).

It has some wierd dependency on a piece of software that is only used on Microsoft TabletXP Operating system and just keeps popping up multiple popups to try and install that software. For more on it, do a google on:

'microsoft journal viewer error adobe'

Ron Johnson wrote:
> On Thu, 2003-07-24 at 10:32, Dennis Gearon wrote:
>
>>I've never seen this work before. the only version of this scenario
>>that works, is to buy the competitor, and learn their code, put the
>>competitor out of business, and force the competitor's company to
>>use a half ass bridge version for one rev of a vision, then the
>>next version force them to your supposedly improved flagship product.
>>Can anyone say:
>>
>> Microsoft?
>> Oracle?
>
>
> The exception that proves the rule:
> http://www.oracle.com/peoplesoft/Rdb_CaseStudyE.pdf
> While O would love us to migrate to 9i, there has been no pressure,
> and their engineering and tech support is still top quality.
>