Re: should we converting to sql server?

I know of three major companies in the Pacific Northwest, one in Redmond just down the street from MS that have departments solely devoted to moving apps from that unnamed RDBMS product to Oracle because of problems related to scalabiility, performance, and security. I've no doubt there are quite a few more I am not aware of.

Daniel Morgan

Jim Kennedy wrote:

> In our shop we don't refer to it as SQL Server but as the "RDBMS that shall
> not be named". <g> (no, I don't work for Oracle).
> Jim
> "Gary Green" <gary_e_green_at_yahoo.com> wrote in message
> news:3cb586bd$1$80229$1dc6e903_at_news.corecomm.net...
> >
> > "Joe Sath" <dbadba62_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:U4Ls8.7657$dU3.3039_at_nwrddc04.gnilink.net...
> > > My boss is asking me to evaluate the stability of sql server to see
> > whether
> > > it is stable enough so that we can convert to sql server to save some
> > money.
> > > It is said that sql server 2000 is very compatible to oracle.
> >
> > BTW, when you're evaluating costs you should consider the costs of
> > re-working (read "re-writing") your existing applications. I've worked
> with
> > both Oracle and SQL Server. There are SIGNIFICANT differences in the way
> > the two packages handle concurrency and locking.
> >
> > Also -- while (IMHO) SQL Server is one of the finest products Microsoft
> ever
> > bought (<G>) and they seem to have improved the product in various ways,
> it
> > has the drawback of running on a Windows / Intel platform. So the
> > "stability" of SQL Server is not the only issue. There's also the
> > "stability" (and all the other *ilities) of the underlying platform to
> think
> > about.
> >
> > And finally, depending on your situation, differences in the way the two
> > products are licensed ("need more than 50 users...well, then you'll have
> to
> > have the Galactic Enterprise license..and that requires bigger, badder
> > hardware to run on....and ....") can drive the cost of SQL Server up
> > significantly.
> >
> >
Received on Thu Apr 11 2002 - 14:51:12 CDT