From gweber@charlesjones.com Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:35:53 -0700 From: "Gary Weber" Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 10:35:53 -0700 Subject: RE: ORACLE VS. SYBASE Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain Stick to delimited text files and you'll be fine. Gary Weber Senior DBA Charles Jones, LLC||Superior Information Services, LLC 609-530-1144, ext 5529 -----Original Message----- Miriam Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:26 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Thanks to everyone that participated in this very informative, spirited and amusing discussion of these products, I'm wondering if we should go with MS server instead... Miriam -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 1:01 PM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L No guarantees as to accuracy, but I heard this story about 7 years ago from someone who said he was there. Apparently when the major Wall St. firms were deciding whether to go with Oracle or Sybase they arranged to have both companies come in and do presentations and say what special arrangements they'd be willing to offer. Sybase sent high level management who came with a list of features, explained their policies and offered a substantial discount. Oracle sent Larry Ellison who told them Oracle didn't have to offer discounts because it was obviously superior and anyone who bought Sybase was an idiot. They bought Sybase. Jay Miller -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:40 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L -- Guy Hammond > That's about all I can be bothered to type for now. In summary, I would > like to say that Sybase is a fine product for your grandmother to store > her recipes in :0) Interesting to note that a good number of financial companies -- who make a living off of fast, stable databases -- use Sybase. They tend to prefer it for its combination of speed and cost of operation. None of them store recipies on it that I know of, nor do they allow their grandmothers access to the systems. -- Steven Lembark 2930 W. Palmer Workhorse Computing Chicago, IL 60647 +1 800 762 1582 -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Steven Lembark INET: lembark@wrkhors.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Miller, Jay INET: JayMiller@TDWaterhouse.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Bryan, Miriam INET: mbryan@bcharrispub.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing). -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com -- Author: Gary Weber INET: gweber@charlesjones.com Fat City Network Services -- (858) 538-5051 FAX: (858) 538-5051 San Diego, California -- Public Internet access / Mailing Lists -------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: ListGuru@fatcity.com (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).