Re: Beware! the days of Oracle may be numbered

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH.....
You are joking, right.  Please tell us it's all a joke on us!
I've worked with both....MS SQL first, and now I've moved UP to Oracle.  Trust me,

Microsoft has a long way to go buddy, much further than their attempt to "catch up" with SQL Srvr 7. Wasn't even what I would call a noble attempt.

"KeyStroke (Jack L. Swayze Sr.)" wrote:

> As with other DBMS software, Oracle may be falling from grace. It happened to
> DB2 when Oracle came along, it happened with IDMS when DB2 came along.
>
> Mr. Gates looks well positioned to be the provider of the next 'got to have'
> enterprise DBMS software.
>
> Oracle took a tumble today, which just may be the beginning of the end.
>
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40917236,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40873622,00.html
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> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40889572,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40888381,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40885702,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40885023,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40879416,00.html
> http://home.snap.com/main/finance/news/story/0,234,-40875856,00.html
Received on Mon Mar 15 1999 - 23:52:36 CST