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Home -> Community -> Mailing Lists -> Oracle-L -> RE: an article comparing Oracle to other databases
Patrice - By technical, do you mean a feature comparison or a performance
comparison. You might want to research the eWeek benchmark for the three a
couple of years ago. They made extensive efforts to produce an objective
performance analysis, but even at that they had another article later about
the things they had overlooked. These are really complex, sophisticated
products that are used in really complex, sophisticated ways at a wide
variety of sites, so I think it is very difficult to say anything that
applies to many situations.
On a perverse note, it is interesting to note that almost every deficiency can be viewed from a different perspective. SQL Server has a reputation for costing less, which means many corporations view it as "cheap". Oracle has a reputation of being harder to manage, which may mean that Oracle DBA salaries are a little higher.
Dennis Williams
DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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Sent: Thursday, November 27, 2003 10:04 AM
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http://www.ecommercetimes.com/perl/story/32200.html
I have yet to see an objective, detailed comparison of Oracle, DB2 and SQL Server. From a technical (i.e. what can it do) as well as from an organisational (i.e. how is it to manage) point of view.
Even 3rd party "think tanks" seem to walk on egg shells when evaluating software from major vendors, possibly to avoid alienating any of them.
Patrice.
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