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- From: hanson@pogo.fnal.gov (Steve Hanson)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases.sybase
- Subject: Re: Sybase contact fee unfair?
- Date: 13 Nov 92 16:54:42 GMT
- Organization: FERMILAB, Batavia, IL
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- Message-ID: <hanson.721673682@pogo>
- References: <wolfgang.721330801@sfu.ca> <1992Nov10.211840.1577@gamelan> <Bxn1DK.L7n@shakti.ncst.ernet.in>
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- In <Bxn1DK.L7n@shakti.ncst.ernet.in> shobhana@shakti.ncst.ernet.in (Shobhana) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Nov10.211840.1577@gamelan> thf@zelator.in-berlin.de (Thomas Funke) writes:
-
- >Yes, Sybase does not sound like a company which does it's homework
- >well. It is a real pity considering that the SQL server is such a good
- >piece of work.
-
- >Not only are they ridiculously overpriced, but they don't seem to be
- >bothered about returning calls. I was trying to buy a copy of Sybase from
- >their local representative in Bombay---who suddenly seemed to lose all
-
- >Really ridiculous if you ask me.
-
- Well, if it makes you feel any better I work at a major computing
- installation just outside of Chicago, and we can't get Sybase
- to sell us anything either. In our case we'd be perfectly happy
- to spend the high support fees, but we have never been able to get
- Sybase to give us the support OR to bill us for it. They seem
- to have a lot of trouble with either returning calls, getting us
- quotes, or selling us anything.
-
- This is the major reason we are using Oracle for most stuff. Oracle
- will at least sell us things.
- --
- Steve Hanson - FERMILAB, Batavia, Il.
- hanson@pogo.fnal.gov or hanson@fnal.fnal.gov
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