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From: schendel@fyi.net (Karl Schendel)
Subject: Re: Solaris 2.6
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In article <57gbls$25s@cynic.portal.ca>, cjs@cynic.portal.ca (Curt Sampson)
wrote:

> In article <schendel-ya023080002611961906140001@news.fyi.net>,
> Karl Schendel <schendel@fyi.net> wrote:
> 
> >Let me tell you in no uncertain terms that if OUR
> >dbms vendor (Ingres) told us that we had to get a new release of Ingres
> >to match a Solaris minor version update, we'd tell BOTH vendors to go
> >straight to hell.
> >...
> >For me, inconvenience means dollars pissed down the drain.
> 
> So it's more inconvenient to get a new version of Ingres than it is to
> move your entire application off of Sun and Ingres entirely?

Once, no.  If I thought it was an indication of permanent braindamage, yes.
Remember I'm not the end user.  I would have to arrange for a new version
of Ingres (and probably of our application) N times, N = # of our Sun
customers.  And schedule and coordinate the whole mess.

Karl