Re: Article about supposed "murky" future for Oracle

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1080783594.745818_at_yasure...
> DHatheway wrote:
>
> > "Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message
> > news:406aac55$1$20085$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> >
> >>"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> >>news:1080682452.163968_at_yasure...
> >>
> >>>>http://www.microsoft-sap.com/case_studies.asp
> >>>>and more especially
> >>>>http://www.microsoft-sap.com/docs/Microsoft%2012pg%20Case%20Study.pdf
> >>>
> >>>My phone calls completed ... the best information I can glean is that
> >>>Microsoft is still running on Oracle.
> >
> >
> > I wonder who Daniel Morgan called? Hazy references to anonymous sources
> > don't persuade me...
>
> I have the dollar figure too, and it is well into six figures just
> for last year, but that also wouldn't persuade you. What you want
> is the names of two people that would immediately lose their jobs
> for disclosing confidential information. Not sorry and not going to
> happen.
>

You're right, that wouldn't persuade me, either. "rkusenet" posted a query about this (title "Microsoft and SAP") in microsoft.public.sqlserver.server and three people (one note signed Kalen Delaney; a name MS SQL Server users may recognize) have responded emphatically that MS is in fact running their SAP on SQL Server. But I don't suppose that will persuade you, either.

I think a little risk-analysis is in order. If they are using Oracle and lie about it, is that a bigger deal than using Oracle and saying nothing about it? Yes.

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Received on Wed Mar 31 2004 - 22:40:37 CST