Oracle-L: RE: oracle or mssql

From: DENNIS WILLIAMS <DWILLIAMS_at_LIFETOUCH.COM>
Date: Wed, 23 Oct 2002 07:45:24 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004F1075.20021023074524@fatcity.com>

G - Actually, Oracle may not be more expensive. First, of all, you must do a little digging into what is included in licensing fees. There are some extras you must pay for with MS that aren't obvious at first glance, like the right to upgrade.

If you compare list prices, both Oracle and MS have Enterprise and Standard versions. Yes, if you just compare Enterprise to Enterprise or Standard to Standard, then MS is cheaper. But if you look more closely at the included features, I would argue that MS Enterprise aligns most closely with Oracle Standard Edition. Oracle Enterprise Edition includes features that are far beyond MS SQL Enterprise. If you instead compare MS Enterprise with Oracle Standard, then Oracle is cheaper.

To be honest, if the shop is totally devoted to developing everything using MS tools (like .NET), then I would seriously consider MSSQL. Personally, I would consider working somewhere else. Obviously you are willing to be locked into the Intel platform. MS development tools use some strange methods to access a database, and are difficult to understand. Also, Microsoft and Oracle do not seem to acknowledge each other's existence, so there isn't much documentation from either vendor in terms of things like how to get ADO to work with Oracle.

But if you want more than superficial replies, then you're going to have to tell us more about your situation, and what your boss' priorities are.

Dennis Williams
DBA, 40%OCP
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com

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Sent: Wednesday, October 23, 2002 2:38 AM To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L

Hi list

Please input why my boss must invest into oracle rather than the cheaper mssql.
His opinion is that most features are almost the same but mssql does that at half the price as oracle does.
So why he should not choose mssql is the question

g.g. kor
rdw ict groningen

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