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From: pharfromhome@hotmail.com (Geomancer)
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Subject: Re: Can Someone Point Me At Some Whitepapers Comparing Oracle to M$$QL$erver??
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> 
> Thanks. I'm afraid that management is already set in their mind to do this.
> 

SAP OSS website has many has notes that warn about the pitfalls of
using SAP on SQL-Server.

I would check there first.

Databases aside, here is a link on migrating from Windows to UNIX:

http://www.unm.edu/~hamjavar/item/50/

The other way around us suicide, IMHO.

If management is already "set in their mind", I'd run screaming and
find another job.  Having stupid management is a nightmare.