Re: Comparing Oracle with Sybase

"gagg" <gagg_at_telusplanet.net> wrote in message news:3AB0F84F.1D85514E_at_telusplanet.net...
>
> If there is one piece of advise I would give it's this. Oracle is
 not Sybase.
> While much of the functionality of the two are similar, they are
 different
> products with a different history of product development. There are
 many
> features in Oracle that Sybase doesn't have. There are fewer
 features in
> Sybase that Oracle doesn't have. There are many features in both
 that are
> close but not identical. Avoid falling into the mindset of making
 Oracle
> act/behave/smell like Sybase - you will not be successful in the
 long run.
> Learn Oracle and it's features and implement those as intended.
 Avoid making
> Oracle do unnatural acts to make it into a Sybase clone - this has
 never been
> a development goal of Oracle.
>

This is the sanest advice I've ever heard on this tired thread.

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-pablo