Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

David wrote:
>
> Jim McCusker wrote in message <3739B5F3.CBE02619_at_iname.com>...
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> >I don't know, I didn't work on it. I do know that the two places I've
> >worked (Pratt & Whittney and Xerox) there seemed to always be trouble
> >with the exchange servers. My main point was, however, that the
> >technology that Microsoft puts out tends to be unpredictable, whether it
> >be from bugs or poor design decisions. For instance, try to get a native
> >MS-Access combo-box to not be editable (only being able to select items
> >from the pull-down). It's not gonna happen. But you can do this with VB
> >and VC++. Why? Also, try getting a transparent text box (of any kind) in
> >VB.
>
> Try getting a popup with cascading Menus that doesn't have an annoying
> Security Warning Label under Java 1.1...
>
> We could spend an entire week arguing why this development tool or that
> doesn't support this or that feature but that really doesn't prove much
> other than the fact that all languages have a long way to go and that you
> will just have to live with the limitations of each until that time comes.
> BTW, you can achieve transparent text boxes in VB using API calls.

My point was about the unpredictability of supposedly similar controls. One version has something, the other doesn't. It shows the lack of code reuse by their programmers, and a sloppy setup overall. This is what I'm getting at. They don't make sysadmins' lives any easier, because of the lack of *technical* quality. Yes, there may be decent abstractions in the interfaces, but behind the scenes tends to be a mess.

Jim
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    Jim McCusker | Class of '99, BA Computer Science & Cognitive Science      jc012e@uhura.cc.rochester.edu | http://cif.rochester.edu/~fprefect   ~Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.~

                                                          ~~Henry