[cobalt-developers] Fw: Interbase 6 SQL server & Cobalt

["William L Thomson Jr" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thought I would pass this along to others in the group.  Anyone run into
this yet?  Want to team up & give Cobalt a swift kick in the rear to get
them to finish what they have started?

Thoughts,
William L. Thomson Jr.
CEO
Obsidian-Studios Inc.

----- Original Message -----
Subject: Interbase 6 SQL server & Cobalt


> Well looks like the guys at Cobalt are trying to make things sound better
> than they really are.  Yes, Interbase 6 is installed on RaQ 4's but does
it
> work properly.  NO!  Cobalt basically told me the proper way to start the
> server is to uncomment the last lines of the inetd.conf file.
>
> NOTE: When the last line of the inetd.conf file is uncommented & the
process
> restarted, all ports are now blocked. OOPS says Cobalt.
>
> What a cliché, Cobalt told me that they could escalate my problem & pay
> $200.00 an hour to have my problem resolved.  Wait a second, this was a
> problem that existed when the machine was shipped, yet I have to pay to
> solve it.  HHmm, sounds fishy.
>
> In a round about way the Cobalt tech said that it Cobalt is still working
on
> the integration of Interbase into their servers.  Well if they are still
> working on it why the hell is the product being shipped with it?  Well the
> answer is marketing & sales.  Promote the product, sell the product, then
> fix the product after the sale is made.  Then if the client/customer is
> desperate enough, they can pay to fix the problem faster than normal, but
> wait.  If I pay them to fix a problem created by them I am basically
funding
> their R. & D.
>
> Man, these guys are good. I wonder if they are related to the mob.  Once
in
> bed, forever in bed, or die to get out.
>
> For now Cobalt recommends using the PostgreSQL server to build databases.
> But to their knowledge, there is no client side GUI to create, maintain, &
> modify the databases.  All of what makes interbase so cool & functional.
> Not to mention that I am 50% of the way to having a bitchen database that
I
> will use ASP to interact & query the database & populate my Flash movies
via
> Flash & Generator 2 with content from the database.
>
> Oh well, project on hold.  Unless I feel like converting over to Postgres.
> ARGH!  Thanks, Cobalt!!!
>
> Little info from,
> William L. Thomson Jr.
> CEO
> Obsidian-Studios Inc.
>
>