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Oracle VS Sybase
Oracle, wide install base, plenty of developers/dba's although they can get pricey. Large market share makes for a stable company. Has abundant development and management tools available + a healthy third party market.
Sybase, shrinking install base, trained people appear to be in short supply consequently their hard to find and very pricey. Small market share makes for an somewhat unstable company that may become an acquisition target. Native & third party tools do not appear to be plentiful.
Unix vs. NT
Unix, widely used, multiple vendors, lots of training available, platforms can be expensive (HP's) to very modestly priced (Intel running Linux). Trained people available. Very long history so it's stable.
NT, somewhat widely used though not as much as Unix. One vendor (MicroSoft), inexpensive platforms (Intel based). It's instability is well documented all over the WEB. Training and trained people are plentiful.
Now which way do you go, depends on what da'management wants to do. Sybase I'd shy away from. Their profits are down and have been falling for some time. I just looked on the WEB & their stock is down again for the day so far, so are the analysts expectations. This puts them into a fine position to become the target of an acquisition sometime in the future which could have a very negative impact on your project(s). On the other hand that may be a good thing as well, depends on your point of view. So that leaves Oracle. At least you don't have to worry about them going away anytime in the foreseeable future.
As for operating systems, Believe it or not, I'll recommend you start out on NT. Why, because it's simple that's why. It also does not preclude your moving upwards onto a Linux (reuse that NT hardware) or full blown Sun, HP-UX, or other Unix box as your needs and budget allow. If you've got the time and a small budget, take a real hard look at Linux. This OS has really knocked my socks off. It's inexpensive to acquire, easy to install & you'll probably do that 10 times before you get it the way you want, and remarkably reliable and robust and scalable.
Dick Goulet
____________________Reply Separator____________________ Author: "Tim Sawmiller" <sawmillert_at_state.mi.us> Date: 5/3/2001 9:51 AM
In each case, it's good versus evil...
>>> leslie_y_lu_at_yahoo.com 05/03/01 01:36PM >>> Probably this has been posed million times, but I really like to know. We'll have a meeting about this in our company, and I'd love to contribute someting. Any idea on the following issue, any link, paper, etc, will be greatly appreciated.
pros and cons of
Leslie
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