Re: Newbie's Oracle 9i impression: it sucks

"SQLJoe" <sqljoe_at_aol.com> wrote in message news:20020521140441.02455.00000090_at_mb-mu.aol.com...
> As to why the customers will switch to MS SQL from Oracle, there are many
> reasons.

> 3)Both DB2 and MS SQL can point to several independent benchmarks which
show
> they are just as good, if not better, than Oracle in performance.

Good news if your business runs on benchmarks.

>
> 4)Oracle's main OS platform, SUN Solaris, is in big trouble. Many industry
> insiders believe its glory days are over because of stronger and cheaper
> compeition from HPux, AIX, and Linux.

I wasn't aware that SQL server ran on these platforms. Ah well.

>
> 5)Microsoft's Windows is gaining marketshare in the server OS market. IDC
has
> confirmed it will have 50% share by mid-2002 and will continue to gain
> marketshare in the foreseeable future. As I stated, Oracle is WEAK and
BUGGY in
> W2K.

Oracle is neither weak nor buggy on win2k. Perhaps you'd like to demonstrate the weaknesses and bugs.

--
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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