Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

Arvin Meyer <a_at_m.com> wrote in message news:7hcelc$cf6$1_at_esinet2.esinet.net...
> Really, do I want to return to Visicalc, or do I want Excel? Not much of a
> choice is there? Excuse me, but I'll take the features and the hardware. My
> PII400 with 256 Mb and multiple SCSI drives, 19" monitor, and top of the
> line everything, cost less than my 486DX33 16Mb, with 14" monitor with a
> single 130 Mb drive and 3.5floppy. Where am I worse off?

When in 6 months time you have to upgrade to a PIII. To run what? Excel2000, Word2000 and so on.

Of course it will be cheaper than the current system you have.

Now do some simple arithmetic. Add the cost of the 486, plus the PII, plus the PIII.
Not so cheap anymore to run just a spreadsheet and a word processor, is it?

Sucked in by the spiral, buddy.

Are you using these for anything else significantly more exciting than what you had running in your 486 (abstracting from the ubiquitous games) or that you couldn't run on a 486?
Most likely not.

Certainly the businesses out there that keep on doing circulars and memos can most likely survive with the 486. Problem is this industry won't let them do so, support being what it is now. Part of the reason is that consultants in this field, which should be recommending sensible solutions, are just recommending
"addon hardware". Bingo...

Great "value for money", ain't it?

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au
http://www.acay.com.au/~nsouto/welcome.htm Received on Thu May 13 1999 - 06:58:14 CDT