Re: MS SQL Server2000 EOModel Connection Problem[SOLVED]
Re: MS SQL Server2000 EOModel Connection Problem[SOLVED]
- Subject: Re: MS SQL Server2000 EOModel Connection Problem[SOLVED]
- From: Scott Ellsworth <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 30 May 2003 11:33:52 -0700
On Thursday, May 29, 2003, at 05:31 PM, Jonathan Fleming wrote:
Ps. If anyone form Apple picks this up can you do the decent thing and
let us know if and when you are going to sort [the dependence of
EOModeller on Windows on JDK1.1.8, requiring two different drivers,
and two different classpaths] out. What is innovation if you're behind
the rest of the field?
And don't think of me as shoved aside Windows user, I'm not, I've used
Macs since System 6 and have gone through most of the major machine
upgrades too from LC to Qudras to the first PPC to G3 now G4, but I
have to test with what over 50% of the internet population use - a PC,
so do me a favor please bring us up to date.
Allow me to second.
One of my clients would not use WO at all when they thought it was
Mac-only. Once it was explained that one could deploy on Tomcat and
Linux, they were somewhat mollified, but they still would not go for it
unless they could develop on a Windows PC. Half the dev group had and
used macs, but half had and used Windows, thus unless both worked and
worked well, they were not willing to buy WO. This despite them owning
a bunch of Macs and a few XServes. (For what it is worth, the web app
in question is deployed on a linux server, as the xserves were already
tasked for other things.)
Having burdens like this in the way makes it a lot harder to sell WO as
a solution. Similarly, anything that can be done to make it easier to
deploy on a stock Linux implementation with Apache and Tomcat makes it
an easier sell.
I know someone who works at a local city. They use Oracle and SQL
Server. That cannot change. Their web server is IIS. That also is
not subject to change. The local mac fan is very willing to use WO,
and will likely use her personal TiBook to do development, but all
demonstrations MUST be given using PC hardware talking to their PC web
server, and that includes demos to the development group on the tools.
WO is capable of this, but the easier it is to do, the easier she will
find the sales job.
Scott
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