OracleXE is garbage

From: reqfoo <reqfoo_at_hotmail.com>
Date: 28 Nov 2006 10:28:22 -0800
Message-ID: <1164738502.873600.181260@80g2000cwy.googlegroups.com>

Once upon a time I used PostgreSQL and was happy. Then one day my employer told me that we were all to use OracleXE while working on the big new project. Since then I've come to hate Oracle.

Why is the installation so huge?

Why does my computer crawl on startup if the DB is configured as a service that automatically starts up?

Why does the web-based UI for the DB take a year to come up when I haven't accessed it in awhile?

Why does the web-based UI give me an "invalid statement" error for its own dynamically generated query?

I've also used several other Oracle products in the last couple years and every single experience has contributed to the same verdict:

Oracle software might perform well in *very* specific situations, but in general it is bloated garbage.

Thoughts? Received on Tue Nov 28 2006 - 12:28:22 CST