Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil
От | Bruce Momjian |
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Тема | Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil |
Дата | |
Msg-id | 200307230431.h6N4VAt27452@candle.pha.pa.us обсуждение исходный текст |
Ответ на | PostgreSQL in Brazil (elein <elein@varlena.com>) |
Ответы |
Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil
(Claudio Ferreira <filhocf@openoffice.org>)
Re: PostgreSQL in Brazil (Josh Berkus <josh@agliodbs.com>) |
Список | pgsql-advocacy |
If they choose something other than PostgreSQL, they will be back. :-) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- elein wrote: > Here is a story. There is a company in Brazil with about 20,000 > clients all over Brazil. They made a decision to move from BTrieve > to PostgreSQL. BTrieve had been supplied by DBExperts. After a > sales pitch to by the owner of DBExperts, the board of directors, > have made a subsequent decision to move to Pervasive.SQL. > > This company has very high visibility. And I think dbExperts > gets around the area of Brazil a lot, too. > > Oh, the funny part... The sales pitch for Pervasive.SQL included: > * "You install the software and forget it!" > * [ and if you have Btrieve files then ] "...you can access these > files with transactional procedures if you like to." > > I'm have no idea what to do about the problem, but I know > that the (postgresql) person doing the data migration is miserable. > > As we know, PostgreSQL is big in Brazil. It is likely DbExperts > is shooting themselves in the foot. > > This is the kind of thing we should know about. I'm not sure > we could provide enough fodder to override the salespitch > in a particular case since that pretty much has to be an inside job. > > The only thing I can think of is to tell the story. > People make bad business decisions all the time. > > elein > > ============================================================= > elein@varlena.com Database Consulting www.varlena.com > > "Free your mind the rest will follow" > -- En Vogue > > > ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- > TIP 3: if posting/reading through Usenet, please send an appropriate > subscribe-nomail command to majordomo@postgresql.org so that your > message can get through to the mailing list cleanly > -- Bruce Momjian | http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup. | Newtown Square, Pennsylvania 19073
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