Re: Oracle versus MS Sql Server

"Dusan Bolek" <pagesflames_at_usa.net> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:1e8276d6.0110180602.1d77f40f_at_posting.google.com...
> "Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message
news:<9qm685$ulr$03$1_at_news.t-online.com>...
> > Because I am currently struggling installing Oracle 8.1.7
> >
> > MS SQL Server is installed by clicking SETUP.exe. Then it runs fine.
Oracle
> > is installed by clicking SETUP.exe and then correcting some errors in
> > INI-files, searching for reports about why a certain component does not
work
> > and finally giving up, just because I (a software developer) don't have
the
> > time to become a DBA.
>
> Yes you're definitely true. And if you will try MS Access you can
> realize that you may not even be a software developer, because with
> handy wizard you can make your database with just a few clicks. :-)

What do you try to say with this? I did not even mention MS Access. I did highlite feature for a comparison between MS SQL Server and Oracle.

A piece of software can always be made easily installable. No matter how large or small it might be. There is no reason for "we are a big an complex software, so we will also make it complex to install".

> > MS SQL Server has a user interface that is consistent with the
plattform. It
> > is a Windows interface which behaves just like any other Windows
programm.
> > Oracle has a user interface which has been programmed with Java. It is
> > terribly slow and it does not follow the usual Windows Interface
Guidelines.
> > For a Windows-only user this interface is hard to operate with.
>
> Oh, dear I'm so glad that Oracle interface "does not follow the usual
> Windows Interface Guidelines", because that interface could look on my
> HP-UX or Solaris boxes rather clumsy, especially at a text-based
> console. :-)

A program running on Microsoft Windows should look and feel like a Windows programm. If you don't like Windows - no problem. Just don't install Oracle on it.

Michael G. Schneider Received on Thu Oct 18 2001 - 15:01:54 CDT