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To: Annette who wrote (3780)	12/21/1999 3:44:00 PM
From: Big Dog	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 5102

INPR and Linux: borland.com

To: Annette who wrote (3780)	12/21/1999 5:44:00 PM
From: i-node	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 5102

What do you think are the 'good' databases? Have you priced Oracle lately? I wasn't really thinking of databases in the Oracle category. I suspect the vast majority of developers need something more than BDE with its desktop databases, yet don't need or want the expense of Oracle. IB offers a reasonable alternative for these users. However, there are numerous alternatives that okay for 1-100 users that are much, much less expensive. In particular, I have refused to develop with IB because of its license fees, when I can buy royalty-free licenses for other databases that do the job just as well. Again, I'm developing for 1-100 users, not 100s or 1000s of users like the typical oracle developer. While I suggested IB was overpriced, I was not suggesting that I see IB as in the same category as Oracle...