Support Forums: Message List - SAP Pays Dearly for Sybase Inc http://www.theserverside.com Most recent forum messages en Jive Forums Silver 5.5.30 (www.jivesoftware.com) Thu, 23 May 2013 01:36:35 -0400 I totally agree http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 Sybase is an extremely easy to use database. Suports both t_SQL (Sphesticated than ANSI SQL) as well as ANSI SQL. Coding Stored proc is like a cakewalk. Temporary tables feature is very handy to use. To acess reultsets froma a proc you have to just...]]> Mon, 24 May 2010 00:33:27 -0400 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:33:27 -0400 Mon, 24 May 2010 00:33:27 -0400 May 24, 2010 Amit Varudkar 0 SAP pays dearly for Sybase Inc http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 >This is really odd purchase.. It's like someone buying floppy disks at a premium. not to mean >Sybase is not good.. just that its so ancient and has been superceded by Oracle etc...can't >compare with oracle db2 though.. i am not sure if...]]> Wed, 19 May 2010 04:14:39 -0400 Wed, 19 May 2010 04:14:39 -0400 Wed, 19 May 2010 04:14:39 -0400 May 19, 2010 Rangarajan R 1 This is enterprise mobile not what you're used to http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 In the enterprise world (where SAP lives), customers have demands. I was involved in a large military project where there was a need to work offline in the field and synch the data with SAP. I also saw a few weeks ago a project for technicians that...]]> Tue, 18 May 2010 02:16:42 -0400 Tue, 18 May 2010 02:16:42 -0400 Tue, 18 May 2010 02:16:42 -0400 May 18, 2010 Shlomo Schwarcz 0 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 ...]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 14:07:15 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 14:07:15 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 14:07:15 -0400 May 17, 2010 James Watson 0 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 ...]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 13:36:18 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:36:18 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 13:36:18 -0400 May 17, 2010 jmarranz 1 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 ...]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:03 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:03 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 12:33:03 -0400 May 17, 2010 James Watson 2 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 ...]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 11:46:38 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 11:46:38 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 11:46:38 -0400 May 17, 2010 James Watson 0 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 ...]]> Mon, 17 May 2010 09:37:12 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 09:37:12 -0400 Mon, 17 May 2010 09:37:12 -0400 May 17, 2010 jmarranz 5 It's not just about the Sybase DB http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 I have worked for 5 years at SAP Labs and after that for a few years as an SAP/Java consultant.

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]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 16:16:36 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 16:16:36 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 16:16:36 -0400 May 14, 2010 James Watson 0 SAP Pays Dearly for Sybase Inc http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 But hasn't SAP already owned their own DB platform? I recall what is now MySQL Max was mostly made from the code donations from SAP DB, which used to be open source at one time (if memory serves me right)

]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 14:39:33 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 14:39:33 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 14:39:33 -0400 May 14, 2010 Jacek Furmankiewicz 1 SAP Pays Dearly for Sybase Inc http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 It probably has something to do with all of their competitors owning their own database platform.  It concerns me a little because the major vendors will all control their db platforms and standardization may be deemed unecessary.  Perhaps...]]> Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:23 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:23 -0400 Fri, 14 May 2010 11:26:23 -0400 May 14, 2010 James Watson 2 SAP Pays Dearly for Sybase Inc http://www.theserverside.com/discussions/thread.tss?thread_id=60149 Not buying it.  The distinction between paid and pays is fairly subtle.  It doesn't change the meaning of the idiom.  References?

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