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Re: Which one is better? Oracel 9i or DB2 7.2??

From: Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio_at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 01 May 2002 10:39:58 GMT
Message-ID: <3ccfc5a7.416464013@News.CIS.DFN.DE>


On Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:59:32 -0400, Larry Edelstein <lsedels_at_optonline.net> wrote:

>Actually ... in DB2 Sales in the NYC area. Can't remember the last customer
>meeting that me or any of my teammates went to in a suit. In the dotcom days, even
>khakis were being overdressed.

Ah. I must be dealing with another IBM. I can't remember the last time I saw a salesman who wasn't wearing a suit and a tie.

But I'm guessing you're probably not a salesman, as most of them don't even know what a newsgroup is. :-)

>Obnoxio The Clown wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 14:47:27 -0400, Larry Edelstein
>> <lsedels_at_us.ibm.com> wrote:
>>
>> >Now wait a minute! "Boring bunch of stuffed suits"! I can't remember the last
>> >customer meeting I went to in a suit!
>>
>> Well, I don't know where you work, but most of what I see can be
>> classed as a bornign bunch of stuffed suits. That's most of what
>> customers see, in my (limited) experience. But I prefer that to guys
>> who strut sitting down. :-)
>>
>> >Obnoxio The Clown wrote:
>> >
>> >> On Mon, 29 Apr 2002 23:43:16 +0800, KPNG <japang_at_netcape.net> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> >I'm comparing these two brand database server for our new trading system.
>> >> >
>> >> >I know that both of them are famous and occupied large market share. But
>> >> >can some tell me, or has link to the research document which can compare
>> >> >these two products objectively.
>> >>
>> >> Forget it. Firstly, you're mostly going to get religious diatribes.
>> >> Secondly, any objective comparison is out of date within minutes of
>> >> being published. They will both do the job.
>> >>
>> >> Best is to decide whether you want to work with a boring bunch of
>> >> stuffed suits or a bunch of wackos with a megalomaniac boss. :-)
>> >
>
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 05:39:58 CDT

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