[DB-SIG] ODBC and mxODBC

[Schollnick, Benjamin]

Tim,

	I agree.... (Except I wasn't pissed when it first switched...)

	My only disagreement with MxODBC is that I can't use it.

	1) I am mainly programming in python in my work setting,
unofficially,
		my boss accepts it only because it *works*.  Even then, he
keeps 
		gripping that I should be writing them in VB.

	2) Since almost all of the Database programming I've done at work,
		I'm not willing to pay for a MxODBC license out of my
pocket.
		Especially since the python programs that I write, using
DB's
		are small web page indices (Less than 100 lines of code).

	3) Where I work there's a spending freeze... And I *know*
		even if there wasn't that my boss would *NOT* be willing to 
		purchase the license, he'd force me to use VB.

	So to preserve my sanity, and to resist the  M$ invasion, I can't
use
	MxODBC.  I honestly haven't run into any features that I need, that
aren't
	available from the Win32 ODBC library, so I am not sure what I'm
missing.

	I use to do shareware, and I certainly agree that the licensing
terms are *excellent*.
	
	If I start doing Database programming @ home, I certainly would
examine MxODBC again,
	and see if I need the additional features... 

				- Benjamin

-----Original Message-----
From: Keating, Tim [mailto:TKeating@origin.ea.com]
Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2001 1:08 PM
To: db-sig@python.org
Subject: RE: [DB-SIG] ODBC and mxODBC


> > Will it be easy to adapt the wrapper module to handle ODBC as well?
> > Should I tell my boss to buy the licenses for mxODBC?
> 
> I'm biased, so won't comment on this one ;-)

OK, then I will. When this module went from being free to commercially
licensed, at first I was pissed. Then I looked at the licensing terms, and
relative to the cost of other database libraries and tools (not to mention
the platforms themselves -- for example, $40K USD _per CPU_ for Oracle
Enterprise!!!), the cost of licensing mxODBC is a drop in the bucket. It's a
high-quality module, actively maintained and support is readily available
for a reasonable fee.

Buy the license. It's well worth the $75 USD per CPU.

TK

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