Re: Is Oracle deliberately difficult?

Sorry but this post reeks of Oracle elitism. All of the various relational db products out there server a purpose. Personally I always found Sybase much easier to work with. It might not be able to handle the same size db as Oracle but then again so what??

Jason

"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam> wrote in message news:39ab8b35.3983321_at_news-server...
> On Mon, 28 Aug 2000 22:16:25 +0100, Sid_James <sid.james_at_virgin.net>
> wrote:
>
> >I've been learning Oracle for a while now and I do think of it as quite
> >challenging in an enjoyable way. I don't use Enterprise Manager, I'd
> >rather get to to know the 'nuts and bolts'.
>
> Laudable.
>
> > However, having done a SQL
> >Server administrator's course, I can't help thinking that Oracle is
> >rather more difficult to use than maybe it should be.
> >
>
> Why? Because ORACLE has much more database specific parametrization?
> You see, the problem with all these "me-too" relational database
> products such as S*S and many others, is that they started out as
> NOT-a-database products. Then they saw the success of ORACLE as a
> pure RDBMS, so they decided to go "me-too". They still don't have
> nowhere the flexibility of a properly designed RDBMS. Which ORACLE
> always had.
>
> I'm reminded here of "database" products such as DBase and such: they
> were NEVER database products. Just sophisticated data editors. You
> see, "databases" have existed for a LOT more than 20 years. They used
> to be based on the Codasyl standards (and some not even that). Then
> ORACLE was the first with a true database engine based on relational
> technology. Suddenly, anyone writing a data editor claimed to be
> "relational". We saw along the years who really was kosher, didn't
> we?
>
> Then along came Miscrosoft with their usual "we invented everything"
> approach. Of course, as usual, they picked some other product and
> re-badged it. Unfortunately, (or fortunately!) they knew squat about
> databases, so they picked on the worse product they could have picked:
> Sybase. Took them a long time to fix it, nealy twelve years now. And
> now they want to convince everybody that a one-size fits all solution
> is the only solution. Hopeless...
>
> >Sensible, rational responses that shoot me up in flames are always
> >preferable!
> >
>
> Nah! You're asking too much, now then!
>
> Cheers
> Nuno Souto
> nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au.nospam
> http://www.users.bigpond.net.au/the_Den/index.html
Received on Tue Aug 29 2000 - 11:06:47 CDT