Re: Difference Between Microsoft SQL and Oracle

Yeah you right !

We considered MS SQL for a short time (9 Milliseconds) and thankfully never went that way - locked into 1 un-reliable OS - Yikes!

"AcCeSsDeNiEd" <nobody_at_nobody.com> wrote in message news:olul2v8gkjpqhm7tpfu5u9d2ci40sfvous_at_4ax.com...
> The diff is we have drivers & connectivity to an Oracle db via Unix/Linux
and M$ machines.
> You have unrestricted access to the DB via almost any Os.
> Sure you could use the old Sybase driver on Linux to connect to MS SQL,
but that only is
> reliable on SQL 6.5.
> And sure you can get an ODBC bridge but that's expensive and gonna slow
you down.
>
> I was in a dilemma choosing btw the 2 Dbs once.
> The above the main reason that made me choose Oracle.
> Besides that, anything that runs on M$ is never reliable and you can
expect more downtime
> as compared to a Unix/Linux machine. I can fire up Oracle on Linux, but I
can't do the same for MS
> SQL.
>
> I hate limitations.
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 19:31:57 GMT, "los" <los123_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> >What is the difference, in a nutshell between these two RDBMS's . Are
they
> >both for very large databases. Is Oracle more prevelant in the Corporate
> >environment?
> >
>
Received on Sun Jan 19 2003 - 14:17:33 CST