Re: MS SQL Server vs Oracle vs DB2 (&Sybase too)

I have to disagree with the licensing comment. If you are running a web server you can buy an Internet Connector license for SQL Server and this allows for unlimited connections to the database server.

On another note, I feel like SQL, Oracle, and DB2 all have their place. The time
it takes to develop good application and db design is more important than which
DBMS you use. SQL is definitely the best platform in the Intel arena... you'd be
crazy not to seriously consider SQL Server for any application (even if you want
your web server to run on a Unix box). SQL 7.0 is a real database.. 6.5 really
wasn't that great, but SQL 7.0 (and especially the upcoming SQL 2000) will do
anything you need it to do. You get replication, OLAP services and a number of
other freebies that cost big bucks if you buy Oracle (not sure about DB2 -- I don't
know what they include). It is no brainer..

"Davide Bianchi" <davide_bianchi_at_usa.net> wrote in message news:8glsk6$1imtl$1_at_fu-berlin.de...
> Pay attention also to the client licence fee. I remember that MS want a
> licence for each CLIENT accessing the database in an Intranet environment,
> this means that if you have 1000 users, you need 1000 licences (!!!!).
Received on Fri May 26 2000 - 00:00:00 CDT