Re: Oracle vs. DB2

Don't take it so "personal".

I agree, unskilled people can bring Oracle down to Access level. But, there is no such skill, which can make Access perform at Oracle level :-)

Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
ineyman_at_perceptron.com

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 1:13 PM

> But then this is an Oracle email list. What do you know, Oracle is da
Best!!
>
> Quoting Igor Neyman <ineyman_at_perceptron.com>:
>
> > > Even MS Access can fly to the moon if you have good people working it.
> > >
> >
> > I wouldn't bet my money on that :-)
> >
> > Igor Neyman, OCP DBA
> > ineyman_at_perceptron.com
> >
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com>
> > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 12:08 PM
> >
> >
> > > People like to work(and are more effective) in an environment they are
> > > comfortable with, may it be Cobol Mainframe, RPG AS/400, MS SQL
Server,
> > MySQL,
> > > Oracle or Sybase.
> > >
> > > The point here is not which one is the best database, but which
> > combination of
> > > database and people(talent/skill) can give you the best return on
> > investment.
> > >
> > > Pointless having to use DB2 if your people don't know anything about
DB2
> > -
> > even
> > > if DB2 is the best, you still can't get it off the ground if you do
not
> > have the
> > > poeple to work it. Same goes for the other databases.
> > >
> > > If you need to evaluate which is the best database, evaluate it based
on
> > which
> > > is the best database for you (databse and people included).
> > >
> > > Even MS Access can fly to the moon if you have good people working it.
> > >
> > > ltiu
> > >
> > > Quoting Steven Lembark <lembark_at_wrkhors.com>:
> > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > One thing that seems different to me: DBA's at the sites
> > > > we work in with DB2 seem to swear by it more than at it.
> > > > This is the reverse ratio I find at Oracle houses.
> > > >
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