XPost: comp.databases.ibm-db2   
   From: rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca   
      
   "Noons"  wrote in message   
   news:73e20c6c.0410190456.72de9262@posting.google.com...   
   > "Rhino"  wrote in message   
   news:<33xcd.373$JG5.58933@news20.bellglobal.com>...   
   > > One of my friends, Scott, is a consultant who doesn't currently have   
   > > newsgroup access so I am asking these questions for him. I'll be telling   
   him   
   > > how to monitor the answers via Google Newsgroup searches.   
   >   
   > etcetcetc...   
   >   
   > Hmmm, lemme get this straight:  Scott is a consultant   
   > with lots of life-experience and he can figure out when   
   > he's being given a ride.  But, he doesn't know much about   
   > databases...  And he doesn't have access to newsgroups.  But   
   > he can use google newsgroups to follow a discussion.   
   > Yet he doesnt know how to post in google newsgroups.   
   >   
   > Hmmmmmmmmmm............   
   >   
   > I'm sorry, but Scott reads as a fake.  His password is not "TIGER",   
   > is it?  And the free class for "would be marketeers looking for an   
   > easy ride on the next positioning paper" is now closed.   
   > Too boring to do all over again.  Private contributions   
   > to my preferred charity are, of course, accepted.   
   >   
   >   
   > > This is *not* a troll   
   >   
   > Of course not!   
   >   
   Please see my reply to DA Morgan where I explained Scott's situation in a   
   bit more detail. The fact is his employer doesn't allow newsgroup access at   
   work - I've encountered other (foolish) employers who followed the same   
   policy - and he plans to get newwgroup access at home but is in the middle   
   of a move to a new house right now. He will get newsgroup access in a few   
   weeks once he's settled in his new house. *I* told him about Google's   
   newsgroup reading capabilities so that he could read these replies from his   
   browser; I don't think he knew about Google newsgroup archives before.   
      
   Since none of that is relevant to the question at hand, I omitted it from   
   the post. Besides, what possible benefit could I get from making him up?? I   
   was simply trying to explain that I was asking a question for a friend who   
   had such-and-such a level of understanding of database. Period.   
      
   Now, do you have anything useful to contribute to the discussion?   
      
   > > and we don't want to start a flame war!   
   >   
   > Perish the thought...   
   >   
   > > Scott just   
   > > want some honest facts to help him decide which product is best at which   
   > > jobs.   
   >   
   > Scott needs to read more about both products.  And   
   > learn more about IT, particularly databases.   
   > Instead of hoping a Usenet discussion   
   > is going to provide a free ride.   
   >   
   Nobody's looking for a free ride. He/we just wanted to hear from people who   
   had used BOTH products to see what their pros and cons were. He/we also   
   wanted recommendations about good independent sources of reviews of these   
   products. That's exactly what I asked for.   
      
   Rhino   
      
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