Re: Oracle Vs. SQL SERVER

In article <khosraf.2.00119998_at_sce.com>, khosraf_at_sce.com (Fereidoon Khosravi) wrote:

>HI!
>
>I am looking for any information you all can share comparing ORACLE and SQL
>SERVER. I am trying to ascertain the difference between the two and advantage
>of using one vs. the other as the backend database server. I would like to
>pick ORACLE (because of my personal experience with ORACLE 5.2- I am a little
>behind I know!) but need to substantiate that with some facts. The front end
>more than likely will be ACCESS (or maybe Pdoxwin). Along the same line, would
>there be any problem using MS OFFICE products with ORACLE. Can they seamlessly
>be integerated? (that is the argument being used -compatibility with MS OFFICE
>- in favor of SQL SERVER that I want to refute, if indeed refutable).
>
>Reference to any related newspaper/magazine articles will be great too. Thanks
>for your help!

There is a review of both Microsoft SQL Server for Windows NT and Oracle 7.0.16 for Windows in the 11-14-94 issue of InfoWorld. I haven't read the article yet, but both products scored a 7.5/10. SQL Server was tops in terms of price (1/6!), and the easy-to-use GUI administration and maintenance tools. Oracle won out in speed (slight), programming languages (PL/SQL), and documentation.

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