Re: technical review of Oracle replication

 Sybase's Replication Server is in General Availability NOW !!!!!!!! When will Oracle7.1 offer all levels of replication?

I think you said it best, my friend:

|> Don't let the
|> hype on non-products fool you. Replication Server is a recipe for
|> failure.
|>

Oracle's failure to provide a real product on a timely basis, that is. Sybase will be content to let the real users of TODAY speak for themselves...

/Luis

In article <1993Oct7.130909.24231_at_oracle.us.oracle.com>, rdawson_at_erseq.us.oracle.com (Richard Dawson) writes:
|> (Some person from Sybase writes:)
|> >
|> > Why don't you take a look at Sybase's Replication Server too? I think
|> >you will like it best....
|> >
|>
|> And after you have left Fantasy Land, take a look at the Oracle
|> strategy for Replication in the white paper Oracle7 Symmetric
|> Replication (part #A13824). It explains in fairly low levels of
|> detail how Oracle's strategy is one that will work, not one that
|> has single points of failure, and doesn't even embrace the most
|> elementary requirements of real businesses.
|>
|> Oracle7.1 will offer all levels of replication in an automatic,
|> Server-based methodology. No 'add on' servers to buy and maintain,
|> no products that don't really exist yet (see Replication Server,
|> Navigation Server, SQL Server 5, etc), and no company that virtually
|> ignores clients technical support questions.
|>
|> Whether it be n-way, asynchronous, or hybrid replication, Oracle has
|> the solution you should consider as the standard. Don't let the
|> hype on non-products fool you. Replication Server is a recipe for
|> failure.
|>
|> Best of Luck,
|>
|> Oracle Sales, New York
 

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