Re: my 2 cents

kevin moriarty wrote:

> Christopher Boyle <cboyle_at_neoucom.edu> wrote in message
> news:385796C7.C7B991B7_at_neoucom.edu...
> > Have you heard of a tiny little company called NETSCAPE? How about a
> language
> > called SQL? Not to mention Informix, Mysql, etc. (I have heard too many
> horror
> > stories about peoplesoft to include them) but most database programmers i
> have
> > talked to would argue with you about access being included in your list at
> all
> >
> I use access to prototype applications; it is a faster, easier development
> tool for getting user requirements than oracle.
>
> access limitations:
>
> 15 concurrent users
> 2 gig db size
> few hundred thousand rows?
>
> if access = meet need
> then use access
> else
> if sql server = meet need
> then use use sql server
> else
> if oracle = meet need
> then use oracle
>
> criteria:
> development cost
> license cost
> maintenance cost
>

--

I suspect you are a developer. A DBA's top three criteria are:

    Reliability

    More Reliability

    Even more Reliability

regards

Jerry Gitomer

Once I figured out how to spell DBA I became one Received on Thu Dec 16 1999 - 00:02:15 CST