Re: What's does oracle have that others don't?

in case you didnt catch it, we werent trying to teach anyone, we were slamming the idiot PC user that thinks the sole criteria of a database is that it stores data...

a good analogy, if you want to illustrate differences, is to look at it not from the container, but from the toolset. Oracle is a full two-chested mechanics rollaway chest with sockets, wrenches, guages, and high end diagnostic tools.

PC systems are
a set of k-mart drop forged pliers.

you need to repair your transmission,
and you gotta replace 2nd and 3rd gear. the tranny is all over the floor of your garage, and you need a .015 feeler guage to tweek the tolerances between gears. then you need a torgue wrench to insure 97.5lbs per case nut putting the case back together. now whudda ya gonna do with that k-mart tool. sure you can loosen the bolts with the pliers, and strip the nuts. sure you can set the gears without the feeler guage, and take your chances the tranny shifts into 3rd when your done, but if it doesnt, your gonna get stranded. and if your putting any pressure on the tranny at all, your likely to blow it out the back of your car.

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In article <30f19794.748902_at_nntp.peg.apc.org>, gordonh_at_acslink.net.au wrote:



> kimmng_at_eskimo.com (Kim Ng) wrote:


> 

> Good one Jennifer I like it...

> 

> >It might be clearer if we use automobile as an anology since most people

> >knows what they are:

> >

> >Oracle, Informix, Sybase and other databases in this class are 18-wheeler.

> >Dbase, Access and other databases in its class are sub-compact.

> >

> >Now, both vehicles will get their passengers and cargoes from point A to

> >point B without any problem (assuming there is no mechanical problem and

> >they have enough fuel :) ). However, you don't really want to use a

> >sub-compact to transport 1000 gallons of milk or 100 ton of steel !

> >

> >Get the picture !

> >

> >By the way, this is the best, non-technical explanation about the

> >differences between those 2 different categories of databases that I

> >can come up with and does not bore everybody.

> >

> >Jennifer Blair (btt_at_ix.netcom.com) wrote:

> >: In <4ca6v7$2ej_at_global.gc.net> lansing_at_global.gc.net (Craig D. Lansing)

> >: writes: 

> >: >

> >: >In article <30E44856.4C4F_at_us.oracle.com>,

> >: >   "Robert C. Nix" <rnix_at_us.oracle.com> wrote:

> >: >>sparodi_at_netpoint.net wrote:

> >: >>> 

> >: >>> Can anyone tell me what's so good about Oracle?  I use dbase IV, 

 Foxpro, and Access.


> >: >>

> >: >>These database aren't even in the same league. It's not a valid 

> >: >comparison.

> >: >

> >: >Say it ain't so :)  

> >: >

> >: >They all just store data, right?

> >: >

> >: >Craig D. Lansing                  


 


> >: Users new to Oracle who are coming from a PC-based database background,

> >: often do not see the advantages.  For instance, they're used to a total

> >: self-contained package, with lots of user-friendly features, like


> >: menus.


 


> >: I recently taught a class in New York city where two students who were

> >: dBASE

> >: users went nuts trying to compare Oracle to dBASE.  They kept asking

> >: where

> >: this feature was and that feature was.  Unfortunately, we were only

> >: covering

> >: SQL and PL/SQL, so they didn't get to see Forms or Reports, which would

> >: have


> >: helped.  But the biggest difference was the lack of a total package.


 


> >: Programmers in the class tried to explain the difference in how Oracle

> >: handled data, and we all tried to explain the size and power of the


> >: databases it could handle, but they were stuck on what they knew.


 


> >: This is a difficult transition, guys.  The confusion is real.


 


> >: Sincerely,

> >: Jennifer Blair

> >: Blair Technical Training

> >: Alexandria, VA

> >

> >

> >

> >

> >

> 

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> It is far far better to remain silent and appear a fool

> then to open ones mouth and remove all doubt.

> 

> Anon.