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As far as I can see the only big advantage of Oracle is multi-platform
I am amazed there is no serious competitors in the UNIX / LINUX arena
One would be crazy to use Oracle on a Windows platform.
MS SQL has come a long way & is cheaper & of course tightly integrated
with MS-OSes
Now I am not exactly a big Microsoft fan (in fact I would like to see
another
OS to compete with MS)
I am also not sure if they have cornered the market. MS is catching up fast Unless of course they break MS into 10000 pieces
"Richard" <qaz1521_at_hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > I agree with the Newbie - Oracle should reduce to something useable
> > right out of the box.
>
> Don't you think Oracle Corp. have no incentive to do this? They've got
the
> market for big database servers cornered so they don't need to worry about
> losing customers.
>
> Also, if they made it easier to use, they'd reduce their income from
> training and consultancy. Why else would they be preparing to bring out
> Oracle 10 when plenty of users haven't even started using Oracle 9? Think
> of all the cash they'll make from the 'Oracle 10 new features' courses and
> books. Not to mention all of the DBAs who'll want to get recertified.
>
> Cynical? Me?
>
> Richard
>
>
Received on Thu Jul 31 2003 - 21:40:43 CDT
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