User talk:Fixalot

Regarding your removal of CompareData from the list of data migration tools:

1. the topic is data migration and part of data migration is data migration verification by comparing source and target data. None of the other tools mentioned provide this important functionality. CompareData provides this basic functionality in addition to migrating data.

2. The data migration verification step is an important step and is provided FREE with CompareData you don't have to buy the application to compare data. So providing a link in the Wikipedia to CompareData provides a real service to readers worldwide since they can get this important data migration verification step for FREE regardless of what tool they use to migrate their data. Yes CompareData is a commercial application but so is support for many of the tools already mentioned. It is up to the user to determine what they need to buy or not buy.

3 Most of tools mentioned are are actually ETL tools and not constrained strictly to just data migration. Having additional functionality in the tool in addition to data migration is not a negative about the tool but just another functionality that may be helpful in the goal of data migration. So CompareData visual functionality of allowing the user to visually compare and sync data is an added feature that is helpful to diagnose data migration issues. Some of the other tools mentioned allow you to set up data migration using UI. So visual functionality is an aid to data migration not a counter point against it.

4 CompareData allows you to run data migration/comparisons non-visually via its internal scheduling. Like some of the other tools mentioned, once you set up the data migration using the UI, you can schedule the task to run without UI via CompareData internal scheduler.

I will be happy to discuss this further, if you have any reservations about including CompareData in the tools list.

- Hello,

@1. I have seen the description on the tool's site and could not find that the data migration is non-commercial.

@2. I thought solely of the data migration part and have not considered the free data verification part.

@3. Of course, additional (also UI) functionality has always been of advantage to the end users.

@4. So I suggest that the description for the link is made more clearer than before, e.g. something of the kind: "CompareData: a commercial migration application with free data verification module."

I generally do not mean to cause 'unhappiness' (let's put it that way) through my Wiki edits, just be objective with regard to the information content - but that's what discussions help out with :-)

Regards, Fixalot 20:39, 7 October 2008 (UTC)

Your concerns regarding informational integrity is appreciated. Thanks for the due diligence.

Best regards

mfz25 —Preceding unsigned comment added by Mfz25 (talk • contribs) 22:03, 8 October 2008 (UTC)