Re: ORACLE or SQL SERVER (MS) ?

English Teacher wrote:

>Which would be a more useful relational database server to learn
>nowadays: MS SQL SERVER or ORACLE?
>
>Thanks!
>
>

If the choice is strictly academic and you have no commercial purpose in min it really doesn't matter
so just get the one that costs you the least. Not sure if you can get SQL Server for free but Oracle
can be downloaded for free from oracle.com and the full commercial CD package purchased from
http://store.oracle.com for $39.95 USD.

If you have a commercial intent then choose the product that best meets that goal. If you are looking
for industrial strenght security, stability, ability to run on Linux or UNIX etc. that might lead you in one
direction. Other choices might lead you elsewhere.

But why on earth do you think posting this to rec.woodworking is a good use of the usenet? Please
do not cross-post to irrelevant groups. I have taken the liberty to remove them from this thread so as
not to continue the misuse.

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