Re: Oracle 8i vs. SQL Server 2000?

In order to prevent new flamewars:
This discussion has raged a few weeks ago, and you should be able to find it very easily in the archives at http://www.deja.com Please try to read it, as repeating the same arguments over and over again is really getting boring. Just as long as Sqlserver doesn't really improve, these arguments will remain the same.

Just a neutral remark: as any Microsoft product Sqlserver runs on Windows O/S only, which will limit the scalability when you decide for SqlServer. Apart from that, as per the previous discussion, it appears Microsoft doesn't use SqlServer internally as database software.

Regards,

Sybrand Bakker, Oracle DBA

"Pacman" <pacland_at_onebox.com> wrote in message news:HFy56.3440$fj6.276461_at_bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> I am an IBM DB2 programmer and would like to move to a different type of
> database. Out of Oracle 8i 8.1.7 and SQL Server 2000, which one is
> preferable? What would be the plus points with each? I'm new to these
 and
> really have no clue of either of them.
>
> Oracle people say SQL Server 2000 is a fancied up Access 2000, and SQL
> Server 2000 people say Oracle is an administration nightmare. I can't say
> either way as I don't know.
>
> My uses would be for home use and also at work, at work, I'd use it for a
> documentation server. This documentation server would hold literally
> millions of records and the database would required to be backed up every
> week.
>
> Cheers.
>
>
>
Received on Sat Jan 06 2001 - 01:07:22 CST