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>Out of ten people you know, it's a fair bet 10 never heard of <SPAN
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> and nine don't understand the problem it solves.  Lots of places have begun to use Microsoft <SPAN
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>s in all sorts of ways, and if you adhere to the Microsoft line, there's only one way to connect to them: from a Microsoft OS.</P
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>What can <SPAN
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>Connect to every version of either vendor's server, using the same binaries.</P
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>Provide a <SPAN
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>Provide a modern <SPAN
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> for Microsoft <SPAN
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>: Win32/64, and TDS 7+.  </P
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>Provide a bcp-capable interface and command-line utility on unix-like operating systems for  Microsoft <SPAN
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>SQL Server</SPAN
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>Run on many more operating systems than either vendor's libraries do.</P
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>Get fixed, instead of telling you to get stuffed.</P
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>Amuse and inform.  Also frustrate and infuriate, but we don't put that under <SPAN
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>If more people knew, fewer would be stuck.</P
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