Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

True, but magazines are market driven, too. The magazines I read rate software on things like performance and ease of use, not just lists of features. If users begin to attach more importance to those issues, then I think the magazines will begin to emphasise them more. It's a two-way process. The magazines do, of course, influence their readers. But the readers influence the magazines, too.

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Brendan Reynolds
brenreyn_at_indigo.ie

dgallardo_at_my-dejanews.com wrote in message <7ha5rn$kpo$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>...
>Part of the problem is that software is such an intangible thing. If
>you're going to spend a significant amount of money, you want be able
>to justify your purchase, & feel that you got your money's worth. An
>unsophisticated or inexperienced computer user is not going have a
>sense of how well a given piece of software meets his or her needs. So
>the easiest thing is to look at the list of features on the box and see
>what you get for the price. If you can get Product X for $79 and it
>has 10 features but Acme UltraProfessional 1997 has 625 features (plus
>a free 900 nHz cordless phone) for $299, well, features per buck, AU2
>is pretty damn near a bargain.
>
>The mags have a similar (but not exactly the same) problem when they
>review the software. They need to quantify this intangible software
>thing, so they have to create criteria by which to rate them. Ideally,
>they should be able to say how well a given piece of software fits the
>needs of various types of users. But usually, or at least what grabs
>the cover, is the winner of the software shootout.
Received on Wed May 12 1999 - 04:43:06 CDT