Re: Data Warehousing Tools - To Bundle Or Not to Bundle?

I have to say that if i used these kinds of persuasive techniques on my clients, Bill would be a pauper very quickly. Lets take the high road here. On Tue, 14 Apr 1998 17:23:06 GMT, drener@erols.com (Douglas J. Rener) wrote: >On 14 Apr 1998 12:12:43 GMT, dono@news.dhc.net (Don O'Connell) wrote: > >>And anybody with an IQ above 50 can shout >>Microsoft, Microsoft, Microsoft >>OR >>IBM, IBM, IBM >>or any other phrase. >>It doesn't necessarily make it better because it comes from one vendor. > >Gee Don, that is a good one. >I can't compete with your "rapier" wit. > > It sounded like the original poster might have been on a limited >budget. I was just trying to give my two cents on the direction he/she >could go. Getting a Microsoft suit is much cheaper than going Oracle. >Maybe the person doesn't *need* that kind of horsepower. > People have been commenting on poor Microsoft Tech Support, but I >don't think it is any worse than any other f*cking product out there. > Why do people bash Microsoft so much? Maybe it's because a lot >more people use it than you want to admit Donny. > I was anti microsoft like you Don, but I eventually woke up. >Be the rebel Donny and watch your 'saleability' dwindle as Microsoft >grows stronger. > If you are so adamant against the advice I gave, why don't you >offer an opinion and actually show some use to the group. >Later Gator...(rrrraaaarrrrrr) >