Re: Sybase v/s Oracle

You folks are mixing Yugo's and Ferrari's here. Sybase SQL server for Windows NT is NOT the same as MS SQL Server 6.x. The codelines diverged a long time ago and they are not the same creatures (although the common ancestry makes sysadmin appear to be similar).

If you want to compare industrial strength, scalable and robust architectures than you should be comparing Sybase SQL Server 11 for NT against Oracles product. And on Windows NT, Sybase is way ahead of Oracle.

Just mho.

/greg

Brian M. Biggs wrote:

> Oracle Workgroup Server for Windows NT is priced to compete with other
> databases like Microsoft SQL Server for smaller sites like the one you
> described (20-25 users). And on NT servers, I have heard Oracle's
> performance is good.
>
> I also don't know anything technical about Microsoft SQL Server or
> Sybase, but if it is true that SQL Server does not scale up as well as
> Oracle, your transition to a larger system may go more smoothly if you
> go with Oracle now for the smaller scale application. Oracle is
> well-known for its scalibility. And remember, applications that start
> out small and become popular, always grow rapidly and scalibility can
> become an important issue.
>
> Just my opinion.
>
> Regards,
> Brian
>
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