Re: Comparison of DB2 and Oracle?

"Noons" <wizofoz2k_at_yahoo.com.au> wrote in message news:73e20c6c.0410190456.72de9262_at_posting.google.com...
> "Rhino" <rhino1_at_NOSPAM.sympatico.ca> wrote in message
news:<33xcd.373$JG5.58933_at_news20.bellglobal.com>...
> > One of my friends, Scott, is a consultant who doesn't currently have
> > newsgroup access so I am asking these questions for him. I'll be telling
him
> > how to monitor the answers via Google Newsgroup searches.
>
> etcetcetc...
>
> Hmmm, lemme get this straight: Scott is a consultant
> with lots of life-experience and he can figure out when
> he's being given a ride. But, he doesn't know much about
> databases... And he doesn't have access to newsgroups. But
> he can use google newsgroups to follow a discussion.
> Yet he doesnt know how to post in google newsgroups.
>
> Hmmmmmmmmmm............
>
> I'm sorry, but Scott reads as a fake. His password is not "TIGER",
> is it? And the free class for "would be marketeers looking for an
> easy ride on the next positioning paper" is now closed.
> Too boring to do all over again. Private contributions
> to my preferred charity are, of course, accepted.
>
>
> > This is *not* a troll
>
> Of course not!
>
Please see my reply to DA Morgan where I explained Scott's situation in a bit more detail. The fact is his employer doesn't allow newsgroup access at work - I've encountered other (foolish) employers who followed the same policy - and he plans to get newwgroup access at home but is in the middle of a move to a new house right now. He will get newsgroup access in a few weeks once he's settled in his new house. *I* told him about Google's newsgroup reading capabilities so that he could read these replies from his browser; I don't think he knew about Google newsgroup archives before.

Since none of that is relevant to the question at hand, I omitted it from the post. Besides, what possible benefit could I get from making him up?? I was simply trying to explain that I was asking a question for a friend who had such-and-such a level of understanding of database. Period.

Now, do you have anything useful to contribute to the discussion?

> > and we don't want to start a flame war!
>
> Perish the thought...
>
> > Scott just
> > want some honest facts to help him decide which product is best at which
> > jobs.
>
> Scott needs to read more about both products. And
> learn more about IT, particularly databases.
> Instead of hoping a Usenet discussion
> is going to provide a free ride.
>
Nobody's looking for a free ride. He/we just wanted to hear from people who had used BOTH products to see what their pros and cons were. He/we also wanted recommendations about good independent sources of reviews of these products. That's exactly what I asked for.

Rhino Received on Tue Oct 19 2004 - 17:59:13 CEST