Re: Which Database?

Hi Jim,

Assuming that you wish to stay in the Unix world all that you have to know is that Oracle accounts for over 50% of the worldwide RDBMS market. Some will tell you that Oracle sucks or that X is far superior. It doesn't matter because over $1 out of every $2 dollars in the RDBMS world is spent on Oracle -- more that on all other RDBMS products combined.

Since your objective is gaining and maintaining full employment and receiving good compensation go with Oracle.

Regards

Jerry

Jim wrote in message ...
>Dear Group,
>
>I've recently finished training as a C programmer and am looking to enhance
>my skill set by adding a RDBMS. I have already started studying ANSI SQL,
>from which I will hopefully have a good starting point to go on to a
>Commercial RDBMS product i.e.. Oracle, Sybase, Informix etc.
>
>However, which one do I use? I code mainly in UNIX(Solaris) if that
 narrows
>the selection. I guess what I'm really asking is, what is the most widely
>used and accepted Commercial Package?, or is it just a case of "each to his
>own".
>
>If anybody could point me to any websites which compare Commercial
 Databases
>or just discuss the different versions, strengths and weaknesses, that
 would
>be great. I've already checked out the Macmillan site for the "SQL in 21
>Days" book which was suggested in an earlier thread but it wasn't really
>what I was looking for.
>
>Many Thanks
>
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>Jim T
>Trainee Systems Programmer (C/UNIX)
>
>
Received on Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00:00 CET