JanWieck@Yahoo.com (Jan Wieck) writes:
> A database today is not a product, it is a tool. Customers don't buy
> a database, they buy a solution, and the database used inside of
> that solution might require a license, they don't care ... the
> decision makers are the guys with the ties and (if they aren't
> overpaid) they look for the cost of ownership of the complete
> solution, not the pieces.
It's interesting to observe that such various companies as Oracle and
MySQL AB all seem to think that it is a reasonable idea for operating
systems [which they don't produce] should be "available for free" for
them to (depend on|take advantage of).
But in contrast, it apparently seems "inconceivable" that databases
would be a similar sort of 'infrastructure' that would be treated in
similar fashion. No, no, databases are very special applications that
require the "careful guidance" of these companies, otherwise, well, I
think the _main_ 'disaster' would involve the loss of licensing
fees...
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