Re: Oracle Installation Experiences

Oh, dammit, I can't pass this up. I will no doubt get the "mainframe user go home" flame for this.

In article <36cq4p$jq2_at_dcsun4.us.oracle.com> dhuet_at_DHUET-PC writes:
>Oracle may not be pretty to install, but once you get past that, IT KICKS ASS!
>David Huet

Maybe. Compared to what? The Unix based stuff is a joke in the real world of legacy apps. As a rule, I agree, Oracle is better than other Unix data handling packages. Then again, Visicalc is better than other Apple II spreadsheets, but that doesn't say much either.

For a true comparison in throughput, reliability, stability, bug-freeness, etc, set Oracle next to some big iron systems. We ran the same VSE software for six years without discovering one bug.

Oracle server held that status for about 4 days.

Just my thoughts,
Marty Received on Fri Oct 07 1994 - 07:15:27 CET