Re: Is that true: IBM overtakes Oracle in total database sales

From: Paul Brewer <paul_at_paul.brewers.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2002 00:18:13 +0100
Message-ID: <3cdab99b_2@mk-nntp-1.news.uk.worldonline.com>

"Elao" <elao_at_erie.cido.agn.com> wrote in message news:abbn7h$p6g5_at_imsp212.netvigator.com...
> My manager want to redevelop the applications by using SQLServer and
Visual
> Basic (my company currently use Oracle and Developer to develop the
business
> packages). This is because he found that the price of Oracle9i was
suddenly
> doubled. As a result, we are now developing new projects by using
SQLServer
> (since we are only using Windows). I am afraid my manager not to consider
> Oracle in the future. (in fact, I found that Oracle is still the best
> database in the market now, but my manager only consider the price)
>

Well, if that's true, your manager is a fool. Not for choosing one particular Client/RDBMS solution over another, but because there are > 1000 factors which should be considered before reaching such a decision, of which licensing cost is but one. What about the other > 999?

Paul Received on Wed May 08 2002 - 18:18:13 CDT