Re: Re: Off Topic: TOAD becoming extinct in Australia

On 10/18/2012 12:32 PM, raypaschke wrote:
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> Try this.
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> Take away everyone's MS Word and Access and Excel. Give them Notepad, 
> SQL*Plus and Calculator.
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> The 'cost' of the MS Office applications is more than the 'free' 
> applications that are provided with the Window's OS. Ask the users to 
> 'justify the cost'.
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> We have faced the same questions, as will any good business. 
> (Remember, the object of 'business' is to make money; not spend it.) 
> But at some point convenience and productivity outweighs the cost of 
> software licensing.
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Good concept, but not a true comparison. toad->sql dev is more like 
taking away word and excel and replacing them with abiword (a free open 
source cross platform word processing program whose compatibility with 
MS Word is 'meh' at best) and gnumeric (a similar meh spreadsheet 
program). Can you get the job done with those tools yes. Is it working 
in the stone ages...no. Will there be rough spots where the tool doesn't 
work as well as toad yes. Is it worth the cost savings...you decide.

What we really need is a toad equivalent to LibreOffice.

Please note, I love toad and would not volunteer to give it up for sql 
dev. But sql dev is not sql plus+notepad.

Joseph Charpak