RE: Looks Like The Party Is Over In Menlo (2nd try)
Posted in 2000
[cutting] > SE *has* transaction logging. It's not great, but it's there. > > I know *very* *large* cellular companies who used (and > probably still use) > SE for the zillions of transactions *they* record. (I don't > agree with them, > I think it's a false economy, but there you go.) *They* > weren't worried > about all these things you keep harping on about, and we're > talking about > _tens_of_millions_ of dollars a month here. I know of one UK customer who had 1800+ concurrent users on SE without any problems > > SE isn't perfect, but in a low-volume, departmental role > where the cost of a > DBA can't be justified, it's a brilliant solution. I'm tired > of people > slagging it off. It's not the pile of junk you keep making it > out to be. Personally I don't like it, but it does it job well Paul Watson WF Software Ltd Tel: +44 1436 674729 Fax: +44 1436 678693 www.wfsoftware.com/informix