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size=2> Well, I'll be a little more forgiving than Raj has
been. Basically MicroSoft is just the "pot calling the kettle
black".
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size=2> On the issue of price, well yes MicroSoft does have an
edge, but that's just how they've eliminated all of their other competition over
the years. The product does not cost less than Oracle or DB2, it's just
that MicroSoft can leverage the tremendous amounts of cash they have to offset
the giveaway they're into. I believe that was one of the points of the
Antitrust suit they were embroiled in.
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<FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff
size=2> On RAC they really have a long way to
go. <FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>If you want to do a federated database setup like MicroSoft
states, just buy standard edition Oracle licenses & toss in a pile of
database links. Works the same way & you don't have to pay extra for
it. The whole idea of RAC is that when one node dies, for whatever reason,
the data that node was hosting is not offline till you get it repaired. And
actually you really do not need to do anything to your application to take
advantage of RAC, except adjust your error handling to understand that a
transaction needed to be resubmitted.
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<FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff size=2>Overall I think MicroSoft's Achilles heel is Windows.
Their a one OS horse. Oracle is a multi OS horse that runs the same whatever the
platform. And BTW, Oracle runs RAC on Red Hat without any additional
software, never mind that it runs on Linux in the first place. Similar
things can also be said for DB2, Sybase, and Informix. When, if ever,
Microsoft has a version of Sql*Server that runs as multiple independent
processes on Linux then I'll give them a second look. As long as their a
single multi-threaded Windows only process they can stay in Redmond. Also,
yes they are the "fastest growing" database on the market, take a look at that
copy of Windows 2000 Advanced Server you've got. There's a copy of
Sql*Server 2000 in there, and you can't uninstall it. Billy G is still up
to his old tricks. The only solution to MicroSoft is forced
divestiture. Too bad that judge could not stand up to King
George.
Dick GouletSenior Oracle DBAOracle Certified 8i DBA
<FONT face=Tahoma
size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Jamadagni, Rajendra
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:40
PMTo: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject: RE:
Microsoft VS Oracle (again)
Aargh ...
you must be very brave telling a Oracle cult to move to SQL
Server ...
How do we know you are not Billy G using an alias ...
8>)
Raj <FONT
size=2>--------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com <FONT size=2>All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. <FONT size=2>QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art !
-----Original Message----- From: Gabriel
Aragon [<A
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Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:00 PM <FONT
size=2>To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L Subject:
Microsoft VS Oracle (again)
FYI
One of my friends at Microsoft, (yes I must to <FONT
size=2>confess, I have friends at MS) gave me a "present", <FONT size=2>it's a 4 cd's kit called "SQL Server 2000 for the <FONT size=2>Oracle Customer", the kit consist in 4 cd's with <FONT size=2>demos, docs, presentations, videos and a lot of stuff <FONT size=2>showing why sql server is a better option as a DB <FONT size=2>instead oracle, contains price lists, performance <FONT size=2>evaluation and many other "information", maybe you'd <FONT size=2>like to spend some of your time giving Billy a chance <FONT size=2>to defend his product. The 4 cd's are available <FONT size=2>(almost completely) as links in:
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