What is Oracle thinking

[Quoted] [Quoted] I have a grip to share with Oracle. I'm a small web developer that would [Quoted] [Quoted] like to use Oracle as my database backend for a small web business. I'm hoping that one day it will grow, but right now I'm small. Also, I want to [Quoted] have someone else host the web site. I would think that Oracle databases would be everywhere. Well their not.

[Quoted] [Quoted] I can find Microsoft SQL-Server everywhere at good prices. Now I know someone will say Oracle is better than MS-SQL. I agree that is why I would [Quoted] like to use them, but the cost of getting an ISP with Oracle is almost 10 times the cost. Why? Is Oracle that weak in their ISP relationships, that [Quoted] they can't give the software away to ISPs.

[Quoted] [Quoted] I spoke to a company last night that said MS wants them to use MS-SQL/ASP that MS gave them an a huge discount. I can't confirm this, but the ISP only offers MS-SQL and no Oracle.

[Quoted] So I figured that Oracle would have a list of ISPs that offered web hosting. [Quoted] Then on their front page I see, "It only takes 7 seconds to lose a [Quoted] [Quoted] customer." Well at that point I have been trying for 2 hours to find a web [Quoted] hosting company. Well I didn't find a web page with web hosting using [Quoted] Oracle. But I did find an article of Oracle scalability. I read it. I agreed with them. That is when I was hit with an thought.

[Quoted] What is scalability? Is scalability the means of growing large? No, but the means to handle small amounts to huge amounts. Performance wise, Oracle [Quoted] scales well. Price wise no scaling. Sure Standard PowerUnit pricing is [Quoted] [Quoted] only 10 bucks per PowerUnit. But its hard to sell that to myself, when I have no money. My project is sweet equity. I don't have the financial resources to use Oracle. And since Oracle doesn't have any web hosting deals
[Quoted] with companies, I'm forces to use MS-SQL. Now I'm stuck using MS-SQL, which [Quoted] [Quoted] makes MS happy. Now I will use ASP and Visual Interdev. They keep [Quoted] [Quoted] mindshare in my mind. And if I ever have to consult a small business wanting to get on the web using a web host, I can only recommend MS products. Why? Because Oracle lost a customer in 7 seconds.

Sincerely,

John Seitz Received on Thu Mar 23 2000 - 04:45:31 CET