Getting out...

[Stan Busk]

Hi Jeff,

Sorry to be late on this but I checked RealSQLServer a few weeks ago.  
In fact it looks good. The server has a graphic interface and it looks  
like a Mac application. This is really appealing for both the  
developer and the final client. However, to say the true, I am really  
concerned it is a RealSoftware product. My concern comes from the way  
RealSoftware offers new releases, they have become slow and mostly  
unresponsive. I have been using RB software for almost 8 years so far  
and despite I find RealBasic a quite good product I am really  
concerned about there release scheme. 3 months cycles, very few bug  
fixes, lot of new bugs on each release and no patches. I am quite tired.

I have been using Valentina for 8 years as well and I can say they  
offer a much better service. I started 8 years ago asking Ruslan thru  
the Valentina list and today I am still talking to that same Ruslan...  
the same for Ivan. I have always received the fixes I asked for and  
the applications I created with Valentina has been on sale for about 6  
years without major problems. I can't say the same of RB, they have  
become opaque, most people I used to talk with has gone, in the last  
12 months they haven't fixed a single bug I reported and son on.

So personally, I prefer dealing with Unix and obscure stuff with  
Valentina involved that with RB database product despite its graphic  
interface. I guess it would be easy to create a front-end for  
Valentina server but I have never tried. Did you?

To finish Jeff, please take the time to fill reports and request  
stuff. On the long run it will be a win-win situation for all of us.

Stan

> I never had the overwhelming "need for speed", just needed it to be  
> up and running.  RealSQLServer provided that, the manual is very  
> well written, and the pricing is in line with other solutions.  It  
> runs correctly, it launches correctly, and the admin utility  
> provided everything I needed to get going right away.