Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

From: Doug Hutcheson <Doug.Hutcheson_at_dnr.qld.gov.au.no.ham.spam.thank.you.mam>
Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 10:38:46 +1000
Message-ID: <7haiij$2ci2@inet6.citec.com.au>

Arvin,
Well said.
I, too, have a thriving business based on MS, in spite of my sometimes snide remarks about Billy and the Bytemakers. In fact, I am PRAYING for MS to find something of mine they like enough to buy me out. I'll take the money and run - no, ride! - to the nearest beach bar.
<grin>
Cheers,

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Arvin Meyer wrote in message <7gvkoa$el0$1_at_esinet2.esinet.net>...
>I disagree with your assessment of Bill Gates and Microsoft. To say that
>they are not avaricious, would be a joke. They assess the market and buy or
>build if they see profit. Don't we all?
>
>In fact, for me at least, they have created opportunity, which I take
>advantage of. I make more money now than I ever have, not in spite of
>Microsoft, but because of them. (And I'll bet you do to.)
>
>Yesterday, Alan Greenspan, Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board stated in
a
>speech, that for the past 7 years, the US economy has grown through
>increases in productivity to a degree that's never been seen before in its
>history. Is it merely coincidence that also 7 years ago, this month,
Windows
>3.1 became available? I think not.
>
>I am competitive too, and as long as I have the tools, DOJ be damned, I
will
>remain that way. Go ahead and copy my work, (it's been done before) it
>doesn't matter, because the time you spend reverse engineering what I am
>doing, I will be spending building something even better. I will always be
a
>jump ahead, and you will be supporting old technology. Or is it that you
>think that technology won't keep driving onward? BTW, if I ever build
>something so great that the market looks that good to Microsoft, I'd bet
>they would buy it rather than copy it, for the same reasons (i.e. it's
>cheaper to buy a good idea than to build one)
>-----
>Arvin Meyer
>onsite_at_esinet.net
>
>Carl at CPAccess wrote in message <37344136.100219765_at_netnews.msn.com>...
>>An apt comparison is Gates and John D. Rockefeller. The arrangements
>>Rockefeller developed with railroads, to the exclusion of competitive
>>petroleum companies, were legal at the time.
>>
>>Gates, with help from his dad, a patent attorney, has pirated alot of
>>intellectual property. A recent idea is the web browser, a billion
>>dollar concept to be sure, but the pattern goes way back.
>>
>>Gates once commented that anything that was publicly displayed, such
>>as at a trade show, could be cloned unless the developer first made
>>him sign a non-disclosure agreement.
>>
>>To Gates, a show like Comdex is a candy store.
>>
>>The Justice Department has no concept how to deal with this level of
>>piracy. In the browser situation, they focused on the fact that
>>Microsoft gave away its browser, causing injury to the originator
>>which needed the revenue to continue in business.
>>
>>However, the market is very close to imposing a limit. Venture
>>capitalists are not funding Windows developments because the risk is,
>>if it succeeds, MS will steal it without compensation and give it away
>>in direct competition to the originator.
>>
>>The MS Empire could run out of ideas to steal, and Gates could have
>>the same level of public relations problem as Rockefeller in his
>>waning years.
>>
>> - Carl
>>
>>On Thu, 6 May 1999 12:56:01 -0400, "Arvin Meyer" <a_at_m.com> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>dgallardo_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message
><7gsdqh$2mi$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>>>>
>>>>With regard to the more academic argument, of course, there is no
>question:
>>>>Oracle is way better than SQL Server. And Microsoft is an evil empire,
>>>Bill
>>>>Gates is the AntiChrist, and there is no hope once you've been
>assimilated.
>>>
>>>I doubt that Oracle is *better* than SQL-Server. Each tool has its niche.
>>>
>>>For an AntiChrist, Bill Gates sure gives away a lot of his own money for
>>>charitable purposes.
>>>
>>>I am assimilated <g> (richer and happier too <vbg>)
>>>-----
>>>Arvin Meyer
>>>onsite_at_esinet.net
>>>
>>
>>- Carl Dick
>>
>>949-261-2694
>>800-997-7944
>>cpaccess_at_usa.net
>>www.cpaccess.com
>
>
Received on Tue May 11 1999 - 19:38:46 CDT