Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

Arvin Meyer wrote:
>
> A Corvette is NOT a cost effective method of driving. My little Ford Festiva
> IS, and does do in excess of 75 when I wish to be ridiculous enough to drive
> that fast. Macho assumptions aside, business needs to be cost effective, not
> susceptible to the advertising claims of either Microsoft or Oracle. "Money
> talks and Bullsh*t walks."
> -----
> Arvin Meyer
> onsite_at_esinet.net

Your Ford is a cost effective method of driving, provided you don't have to
transport 40 tons of steel bars from Pittsburgh to Detroit. Then your Ford
isn't as effective as 16 wheel Mack. The conclusion is that you cannot say
what is effective, not even in the driving world, much less in the database
world where nuances can make a huge difference. I find oracle to be better
fit overall for most of the companies, but that's only my 5c.

>
> Darren Brock wrote in message <3731EB17.A733D522_at_governet.net>...
> >
> >
> >Arvin Meyer wrote:
> >
> >> How do you feel about your automobile? Is it *adequate* to get you where
> >> you're going? Or do you require $150K Ferrari (that breaks down weekly)
> to
> >> do the job of a $30K Buick? In business, one should be doing a
> cost/benefit
> >> analysis to determine policy, not reading Playboy or Cosmopolitan.
> >> -----
> >> Arvin Meyer
> >> onsite_at_esinet.net
> >
> >Lets use your car example. If your job required you to drive at the speed
> limit,
> >say 55, would you buy a car that went only 55mph? If so, what would you do
> if
> >they raised the speed limit to 75 mph? Your car only goes 55 mph. Do you
> now buy
> >another car that has a top speed of 75 mph? According to your rule of just
> >*adequate*, you would have to buy 2 cars whereas the guy that said we will
> do it
> >right the first time bought a corvette that exceeds any kind of speed limit
> and
> >probably costs less than the two cars the other guy bought not counting the
> time
> >involved in changing cars.
> >
> >Darren
> >

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Mladen Gogala Received on Fri May 07 1999 - 07:40:39 CDT