Re: [DotGNU]Call for help on DotGNU.Data

[James Michael DuPont]

--- minddog <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Thursday 13 March 2003 06:50, Gopal V wrote:
> > If memory serves me right, minddog wrote:
> > > If anyone is interested please respond with your ideas so we can
> move
> > > swiftly to get some prototypes up.
> >
> > Compatibility with ADO.NET ?
> What's so special about ADO.NET, I don't know jack about it I admit,
> but 
> should we do what "someone" else is doing?  Or should we reinvent
> that wheel?
> 
> cons:
> I don't think ADO.NET is patent safe
> 
> pros:
> many people already know its implementation well and will work with
> existing 
> code.  
> 
> Maybe we could write a converging wrapper for ADO.NET style around
> our style 
> later on for compatibility?  Or stub out the ADO.NET libraries and
> implement 
> them ourselves?  

We can use monos stubs.

> Like you said before "after all it's easier than
> working on 
> an already designed library".  Maybe this could be a Good Thing(tm)
> to do our 
> own interpretation to what a database frontend should look like.

In the end, we will need a bridge for users of Data.Net to use our
tools,just to capture the client market.



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James Michael DuPont
http://introspector.sourceforge.net/

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