Re: Oracle vs. MS SQL Server

michaelnewport_at_yahoo.com (michael newport) wrote in message news:<63b202d.0401161046.29c3e984_at_posting.google.com>...
> MySql exists in the market place and has many customers,
> other Opensource products :- Apache, PHP, Linux, OpenOffice
>
> I have been using Suse Linux 8.2 for over a year it cost me GBP40.
> I have downloaded the latest version (Suse 9.0) for free, from which I
> am sending this posting.
>
> The interesting thing is I am now using Oracle (after 13 years of
> Ingres) and using MySql at home. I agree that MySql is not as feature
> rich as Oracle but
> it still does its job as a database, and with version 5 just released
> (for free) it promises even more.
>
> You are correct free lunches do not exist these days, which why
> companies are cutting costs in their IT departments 1) by moving jobs
> to India and 2) by using OpenSource products.
>
> Regards
> Michael Newport

Sure and one day they will regret *both* decisions.

Sybrand Bakker
Senior Oracle DBA Received on Tue Jan 20 2004 - 11:51:30 CET