Re[2]: FN-FORUM: Database Analysis

date posted 8th February 2004 22:43

NG> Nic Smith:
>> I've been asked by a company to write up an analysis of the various
>> databases available eg Access, SQL Server, Oracle, Informix, My SQL and

NG> How nice.

>> provide a solution as to which database and front end they should use.
>> They currently use Access both for back-end storage and front-end
>> interfaces but will train the software developers in whichever
>> language is most suited!
>>
>> Their industry is the banking finance industry.

NG> Ignoring the fact that they're (presumably) giving you money to write it,
NG> and you seem to be asking us to do it for you for free, are you really
NG> expecting a recommendation that's suitable for the *whole* 'banking finance
NG> industry', without you supplying any specific details?

NG> - Nick Grimshaw
NG> { if you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate. }

Nick - you hungover today or something? Thats the second nasty reply
in the last hour. However, there are a few posters today that remind
me of that guy who came onto the list and kept asking us to do his
computer homework. (a long time ago now)

-- Richard (just finished 4 hours or sorting through and untangling
200-odd computer wires that have been sitting at the back of a
cupboard for the last 5 years)