Re: SQL Server vs. Oracle 9i

Hi Tim,

Nice to see you here!!!!

                 -bill

At 01:03 PM 4/3/2002 -0800, you wrote:
>It's fascinating when somebody proclaims "50% savings in TCO over a 5 year
>period" when it is patently obvious that A) such a configuration has not
>existed over the past five years and B) it will never exist over any
>contiguous five year period. The lifecycle of systems doesn't happen that way.
>
>Back in the 1980s when the US space shuttle "Challenger" explosion was
>being investigated by a panel of eminent politicians, lawyers, and
>scientists, Nobel-laureate physicist Richard Feynmann singled out NASA
>testimony stating that the "Challenger" explosion could only happen in 1
>out of 100,000 launches.
>
>Noting that US space shuttles had been launched about 50-60 times up to
>that point, he asked how anyone could possibly project odds of "1 out of
>100,000", never mind try to pass it off as "fact".
>
>When I read about TCO on a configuration going forward 5 years, I wonder
>if those people are on-call and wearing pagers, or whether they know
>anybody who is...
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:kjanusz_at_att.net>KENNETH JANUSZ
>To: <mailto:ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 8:03 AM
>Subject: SQL Server vs. Oracle 9i
>
>This is interesting:
>
><http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020403/sfw026_1.html>http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/020403/sfw026_1.html
>
>
>Ken Janusz, CPIM

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