Re: feature & performance comparison

There was an article in Intelligent Enterprise last September that basically concluded Oracle only made sense if you already have an Oracle shop, because DB2 was better in every respect.

On 7 Jun 2001 12:50:35 -0700, DSAsteve_at_aol.com (swp) wrote:

>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
Received on Sat Jun 16 2001 - 23:02:27 CDT