This Sybase survival myth is so bizarre. 5 years in a row with every
quarter turning a profit and people are still wondering whether Sybase will
survive?
--
Terry Dykstra
Canadian Forest Oil Ltd.
"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:3F4BDE51.E75303EC_at_exxesolutions.com...
> Michael Lackey wrote:
>
> > Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_exxesolutions.com> wrote in message
news:<3F4AAB9B.4AE28508_at_exxesolutions.com>...
> > > Myron Murff wrote:
> > >
> > > > We are a large division within a University. We are abandoning
Sybase in
> > > > favor of Oracle. Can anyone direct me to information about such a
> > > > migration, or migration in general? Thank you.
> > > >
> > > > Sybase 11.0.5.2 on Solaris 5.7 to Oracle 9.2 on Solaris 5.9
> > > >
> > > > Myron
> > >
> > > Feel free to contact me at the University of Washington off-line. Will
gladly
> > > help you with your project. My email address is under my signature.
Include
> > > your phone number and I'll phone you.
> > >
> > > BTW: If you can get a copy of Tom Kyte's book 'Expert one-on-one
Oracle'
> > > (WROX) do so and be sure to read the first three chapters very
carefully.
> > Just curious, I work with Sybase and Oracle was wondering what the
> > deciding parameters where as they both have their strong and weak
> > points depending on what you plan to use them for.
>
> From my experience most organizations leaving Sybase are doing so for one
of a small set of reasons:
>
> 1. Lack of confidence in the survival of Sybase
> 2. Lack of supporting third-party tools and applications
> 3. Lack of supporting employee resources.
>
> Take a look at amazon.com. A search for Sybase returns 54 books ... a
search for Oracle returns 1122.
>
> That pretty much says it all in many business environments.
>
> --
> Daniel Morgan
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Received on Wed Aug 27 2003 - 09:41:40 CDT
