Re: Oracle 8 vs. SqlServer 7

Glad to see someone answer the guy's original question "what are the major differences between the two?" with a bunch of unsubstantiated, opinion-based rhetoric.

In article <7c1vh3$c6h_at_tandem.CAM.ORG>,   "Greg Vitetzakis" <ggv007_at_hotmail.com> wrote:
> One's a serious database, the other one is still maturing with alot of
> growing up to do.
>
> Seriously, if you need mission critical or reliability and room to grow
> their is no comparison...If you want a bug
> filled Database with cute tools then SQL Server is the right choice.
>
> Microsoft makes great development tools and office suites, but when it comes
> to mission critical apps
> they don't take it serious enought...
> When a Dev Tool like VB or and Office Suite has bugs they are normally not
> show stoppers, but when
> the Corporate DB has a problem you don't want to wait for Microsoft to
> release the fix months later
> or tell you to wait for the next version.....In the Database World that is
> not acceptable...
>
> Forget about the features, when it comes to the database down time is not
> acceptable and
> Microsoft has a tough time understanding this....
>
> If you are seriously look at databases the only choices are Oracle or DB2.
> When it comes
> to features no one beats Oracle. They are way ahead of the pack.
>
> Oracle Version 8i is more integrated to Microsofts Transaction Server then
> even SQL Server 7. This
> should tell you something.
>
> Roman Gelfand wrote in message <7c0u87$5of$1_at_news.monmouth.com>...
> >Can somebody tell me what are the major differences between the two?
> >
> >Thanks in advance
> >Roman
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