Re: Oracle and Java. Does Oracle know something some of us don't?

From: Galen Boyer <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com>
Date: 7 Jan 2003 14:51:08 -0600
Message-ID: <uwulgvg7a.fsf@standardandpoors.com>

On Sun, 05 Jan 2003, dmz17_at_nospam.nowhere.com wrote:
>
> To Microsoft, portability means it runs on all versions of
> Windows. To Oracle it means it runs on/in every Oracle
> Database.

Nope, it means it runs on all versions of SQLServer that runs on all version of Windows.

Oracle means it runs on all versions of Oracle on all operating systems.

There is no database portability just like there is no OS portability. Oracle custom writes its engine for each OS so that any Oracle application is OS independent, but you will never get database independence unless you write custom code for each database.

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Galen Boyer

Received on Tue Jan 07 2003 - 14:51:08 CST