Re: Please advice sql server vs. Oracle

SQL Server is portable accross all Win2k platforms. As Linux is, according to Steve Ballmer, akin to communism, it doesn't really matter.

(http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2000-07-31-002-20-PS-BZ-MS)

Unix is a close relative of Linux and should be considered at least pink, so the portability accross the Win2k platforms is what really matters. According to such definition of portability, SQL Server is very portable. Q.E.D.

On 03/30/2004 10:04:11 AM, Cary Millsap wrote:
> Just curious: On p4, why are the authors adding across platforms? This
> makes the more portable system look like it costs more, whether it
> really does or not.

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Mladen Gogala
Oracle DBA
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