Jim Lawrence
accessd at shaw.ca
Thu Nov 24 23:24:05 CST 2011
Some application go and some stay. We have to look no further than Google, Microsoft, Adobe or Oracle to see how many applications they have bailed on, in even the last year. That is the nature of the business. We can look at other applications like Linux, MySQL, Apache, MS Word, Windows and hundreds more and these ones have survived and have become part of the computer infrastructure. MariaDB is MySQL, same designer, same code. I have been using DBDesigner 4 for about 8 years and the creators are long gone. It is still great at building MS SQL and MySQL schemas from graphics. Interesting to note that the "ta-lib" set of tools are been redesigned as of May 2011, but by a different company, this time with a GNU license. Just like MS Access, it is not dead and people will be using it for years even if Microsoft abandons it all together. Which might not be a bad thing as then some unrestricted developers could Open Source it, rebuild the application, with C# (RonR, F#, C++) instead of VB, translator from VB to C#, full web interface and with a DB BE that would even make Oracle shutter. My thought is do not worry, do your research, just pick some nice tools or applications that does what you need and then abandon it when it doesn't. There is always another great application coming along. OTOH, just like the song say, "...know when to hold, know when to fold, know when to walk away, know when to run..." Jim -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Mark Simms Sent: Thursday, November 24, 2011 5:38 PM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Clearing the decks for MySQL My comment is regarding the whole "open source" initiative. This is somewhat targeted to MARIADB. Browse sourceforge.net sometime. When I searched using "Excel" as a keyword....this came up in the first page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ta-lib/ 4 YEARS OLD. "The age is the key here". FOUR YEARS ?!! There are so many "open source" initiatives that have died in the past 10 years, than American programmers that have been effectively outsourced. Sourceforge truly depicts the risk of being in the software business. At least in the USA. Otherwise, you'll get hardy laughs from executives at WiPro, HCL, Cognizant Technologies, etc. Don't get me wrong: go with MARIADB..... Just beware of the risks of your "investment" in time and other resources. My explorations on sourceforge have been a true "WAKE UP" call. -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com