Re: feature & performance comparison

I would look at salary surveys - whichever DBA (Oracle or DB2) get's paid more on average would to me be the better way to go :) (tongue firmly in cheek)

On Fri, 08 Jun 2001 01:49:09 GMT, Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_home.com> wrote:

>in article a59bd1d2.0106071150.4cca1d15_at_posting.google.com, swp at
>DSAsteve_at_aol.com wrote on 6/7/01 12:50 PM:
>
>> I am posting this to both the Oracle and DB2 newsgroups in the hopes
>> that I will get a better set of answers.
>>
>> I would like to see a comparison of features that are in Oracle 9i and
>> the latest version of DB2. I have heard that DB2 is blowing Oracle
>> away right now, at least until the middle/end of summer. [I can't
>> remember where I read that review.] An objective comparison by an
>> independent third party would be best, of course. Or if anyone out
>> there has already done one for themselves that would be appreciated as
>> well. Just a comparison of the features, not what they can or should
>> be used to do or when or under what circumstances ~ that leads to
>> individual opinion creeping in too much.
>>
>> I would also like a performance comparison of the two. How they stack
>> on up similar machines with similar user loads across a wide variety
>> of platforms. I am sure that someone has already done this, perhaps
>> the Gartner Group, but I cannot find an honest "apples to apples"
>> comparison anywhere.
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>> swp
>
>This WILL be fun. Who's going to fire the first shot ?
  Received on Fri Jun 08 2001 - 07:39:17 CDT