Re: Oracle versus SQLServer - Pro & Cons

From: Parvinder Singh <parora_at_questone.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 06:31:49 GMT
Message-ID: <38B37DF8.88BF47C5@questone.com>

Brad wrote:

> In article <88u7i6$ej$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>, markp7832_at_my-deja.com says...
> > In article <88tsug$orp$1_at_nnrp1.deja.com>,
> > Bernard Polarski <bpolarsk_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> > > Does SQL Server run under Linux ?
> > >
> > > B. Polarski
> > >
> > > In article <38B21574.495381E8_at_attglobal.net>,
> > > bvkane_at_attglobal.net wrote:
> > > > Oracle versus SQLServer - Pro & Cons
> > > >
> > > > Which would be a better database? Why? Looking for opinions. Help
> > > > appreciated.
> > >
> > Which rdbms database product is best, depends on your needs. MS-Server
> > is realitively cheap but it only runs on NT. Oracle is available on
> > UNIX, a big plus in my opinion, as well as VMS, MVS, and NT.
> >
> > Oracle scales from a few users to 1000's of users and from a few
> > hundred megabytes to terrabytes.

>

> This is Oracle's greatest advantage, but very few projects get into the
> area beyond SQL Server's abilities but within Oracle's.

you forgot that nearly every company today needs its data to be analysed and then make effective decisions on the basis of analysis ..here comes Oracle's advantage ..i am talking of multidimensional support of Oracle ....Sql services for OLAP are no way nearer to Express !!

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>

> > Oracle has solid backup and recovery procedures and functionality.

>

> So does SQL Server.

>

> > There are a lot of third party products for application development and
> > reporting, and system monitoring tailored to Oracle available.
>
> There are many for SQL Server as well.

Received on Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:31:49 CST