Alex Hudghton wrote:
>
> Nicolas Bronke wrote in message <37bbac54_at_news.uk.ibm.net>...
> >Be aware of that comparisions. Sure Oracle is the better database, but its
> >native tools are bad.
> >
>
> In fact they are so bad that Oracle is the largest database company in the
> world (?)
>
> Alex
I'm not sure Oracle's size is relevant to Bronke's comment. Bronke said it was a
better database. IMO that's enough to justify them being the largest database company
in the world even if their tools are crap (and I wouldn't know much about their
tools-we don't use them). Which tools is Bronke talking about, the free ones that
come with the database or their add-ons like Oracle Apps or Developer/Designer? How
much of their size is attributable to their tools and how much to their database? How
many people using their database are using third-party tools? Answering those 2
questions will tell you more about the quality of Oracle's tools than simply looking
at Oracle's size. (The 1st question is relevant, too. If Bronke's talking about
Oracle's free tools then his comment is out of line. IMO free tools aren't really
intended to be used seriously.)
Received on Thu Aug 19 1999 - 10:52:33 CDT
