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Re: Arguments Against 4D
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Cory,
I don't know what market you're working in and whether this type of
thing is important. However, your competitor's list of arguments
against 4D is rampant with English errors. I would never give
something like that in writing to a customer. Not to mention the fact
that their arguments are weak.
Aside from that, you could ask your customer why he doesn't just go
with Oracle? But wait, this is a six-user database, isn't it?
Tell your customer politely that he doesn't need to use a sledge
hammer to kill a fly. 4D is flexible, fast and allows rapid
development and deployment that can't be equaled by a web-based
solution with MySQL on the back end. It's a cost-effective way to
handle his requirements.
Ask your customer how many times he consults his data dictionary each
decade. If it's more than once... you can write him an interface to
show the data dictionary.
Paul Smith
TSE International
> Potential client of mine had an assessment done by some SQL
> developers who, I believe, were pitching custom development of an
> application with a web front-end and MySQL back-end. Here are some
> anti-4D arguments he presented to my potential client.
>
> Here are some things I'd like to point out....Client does not need a
> "robust" SQL engine nor do I envision them needing BLOB arrays.
> We're talking about 6 users spread over 3 locations. I also realize
> that some of these "points" are so vague that they are not really
> arguable without more information.
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I don't know what market you're working in and whether this type of
thing is important. However, your competitor's list of arguments
against 4D is rampant with English errors. I would never give
something like that in writing to a customer. Not to mention the fact
that their arguments are weak.
Aside from that, you could ask your customer why he doesn't just go
with Oracle? But wait, this is a six-user database, isn't it?
Tell your customer politely that he doesn't need to use a sledge
hammer to kill a fly. 4D is flexible, fast and allows rapid
development and deployment that can't be equaled by a web-based
solution with MySQL on the back end. It's a cost-effective way to
handle his requirements.
Ask your customer how many times he consults his data dictionary each
decade. If it's more than once... you can write him an interface to
show the data dictionary.
Paul Smith
TSE International
> Potential client of mine had an assessment done by some SQL
> developers who, I believe, were pitching custom development of an
> application with a web front-end and MySQL back-end. Here are some
> anti-4D arguments he presented to my potential client.
>
> Here are some things I'd like to point out....Client does not need a
> "robust" SQL engine nor do I envision them needing BLOB arrays.
> We're talking about 6 users spread over 3 locations. I also realize
> that some of these "points" are so vague that they are not really
> arguable without more information.
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