[ale] OT: project management on a smaller scale - tangential M$Rant!!!

[Greg]

MySQL does have a windows version ..... with a the drivers to go with it
....

Greg Canter

> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-admin at ale.org [mailto:ale-admin at ale.org]On Behalf Of Jeff
> Hubbs
> Sent: Friday, January 10, 2003 1:35 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: Re: [ale] OT: project management on a smaller scale -
> tangential M$Rant!!!
>
>
> It's amazing, isn't it?
>
> You can probably bet dollars to doughnuts that PostGreSQL will not be a
> drop-in replacement for SQL Server in that rig.
>
> - Jeff
>
> On Fri, 2003-01-10 at 00:17, Keith Morris wrote:
> > This has really nothing to do with the question asked but it brought to
> > mind what I have been dealing with for the past couple of months.
> >
> > I am no longer a virgin. I have had my first initiation into the new M$
> > licensing RACKET. We have been needing to implement an enterprise-wide
> > project management system.  Those-who-must-be-obeyed had their hearts
> > set on M$ Project with project server and Project Clients and Project
> > Web CAL's.
> >
> > so we spent <obscene>MONEY</obscene> to get Project Pro Server and
> > CAL's.  Well,lo-and-behold upon authorizing our Volume licensing plan,
> > it says "Congratulations, you are now authorized to use your Microsoft
> > Products through December 2004!!!" Wow.  Thanks.  I'll drop the disks in
> > the overnight disk drop in redmond on new years eve.
> >
> > Not only that, but I now have to buy a new server, buy (rent) a license
> > of Win2K server, and a license of SQL server...(anyway to get it to run
> > with PostgreSQL?? LOL).
> >
> > Although, one good thing has come out of it after explaining the
> > licensing thing to a few people, I actually saw the light come on behind
> > some of their eyes...like they finally understood what that
> > "Linux-crazed guy" had been going on and on all about....I guess a good
> > concrete example never hurt anyone...
> >
> > Thanks for the rant space... ;)  g'nite.
> >
> > --
> > Keith Morris <graphicsguy at attbi.com>
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