Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

From: Stefan Skoglund <stetson_at_ebox.tninet.se>
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 02:21:04 +0200
Message-ID: <3734D4F0.5C01690A@ebox.tninet.se>

Arvin Meyer wrote:
> The cost of an operating system has little to do with the cost of the the
> software itself. Labor is the main cost of an operating system. Training
> curves, configuration times, hardware compatability, support costs, etc.
> make NT orders of magnitude lower in cost than Linux.

Please substantiate that claim. Are you saying that supporting a certain workload
with MS SQL server on NT and Oracle on linux is more than 10 times cheaper than an GNU linux/Oracle8 combo ???

That is a pretty strong claim considering that the hw footprint of NT is far bigger than Linux. Received on Sat May 08 1999 - 19:21:04 CDT