FreeTDS Development Group

["James K. Lowden" <jklowden AT freetds.org>]

Craig A. Berry wrote:
> At 8:33 AM -0400 6/8/07, James K. Lowden wrote:
> >Would you like to do something vital for FreeTDS?  Can you put a modern
> >Sybase server online for use by the FreeTDS developers? 
> 
> I can't, but how many of the developers don't have an x86-based Linux
> box available where they can install the free ASE Express Edition

A fair question, Craig.  I myself face limits in the Einsteinian
space-time continuum.  

I live in a small place, meaning any such machine would be in my living
room.  And administering such a machine is a time sink for me, because a)
I'm not familiar with Linux and b) I'm not familiar with Sybase.  

I tried, though!  I have a 300 MHz box with Turbo Linux and Sybase 11.5
installed.  It took me a weekend to put together.  Not wanting to dedicate
the box to that one purpose, I installed Grub to boot it up different
ways.  For a few years, it was the most popular computer in the apartment.
 We called it the "couchtop". And whenever I wanted to use it for testing,
it seemed someone else was using it to surf the 'net.  Basically, running
that box was a poor investment of my time and space.  

I receive several offers off-list.  That tells me there are people out
there who value the Sybase support and who are willing to return the favor
in kind.  That encourages me -- and, I hope, others -- to work on the
Sybase part of the protocol, even though I myself don't directly use it.  

Regards, 

--jkl