Re: db2 vs oracle

Data Goob wrote:

> In the book they mention that Oracle is more about applications than the
> database.

And this is a surprise to you? Where have you been hiding?

> Certainly the grid is
> interesting, but it is not necessarily clustering, nor is it really even
> applicable to a lot of business requirements. Oracle will be a big nut
> to crack in an organization that has never used a relational database.

Cracking Oracle and cracking DB2 are of equivalent difficulty. But your comments about "grid" and "clustering" in the same sentence demonstrate a lack of understanding about what "grid" means to Oracle.

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