From: Adel Al-Shaikh Subject: Re: a comparison of different databases Date: 1996/07/07 Message-ID: <31E059A4.16ED@batelco.com.bh>#1/1 references: <31D94208.6359@dsi.ing.unifi.it> <31DAAFC3.7AC6@dircon.co.uk> <31DC0CB4.2502@dircon.co.uk> <4rk102$ht3@nntp.ucs.ubc.ca> <31DF63FB.DB8@west.co.za> content-type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii organization: Securities & Investment Co. mime-version: 1.0 newsgroups: comp.databases.ms-sqlserver,comp.databases.oracle,comp.databases.sybase,comp.databases.informix,comp.databases,comp.databases.ibm-db2 x-mailer: Mozilla 2.02 (Win16; I) > Raymond Wan wrote: > > Well, I'm new to databases, but I have a better yet much less > > scientific answer. I think Oracle is ahead or up there in the front > > because the oracle newsgroup seems to have the most traffic and in > Er..., doesen't this mean they have more problems to solve. :) > > Or perhaps it's just that little bit more difficult to use?!! :-) > Mark. > Hi There, When It comes to problems ask MS Access users, the Access community has the largest number of problems to solve, and by studying there behaviour, you can be sure that more traffic dose not mean more problems to solve, because Access users have learned to be quite and inactive, ALL BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS!!!!! Well, the serious part is that in my company, We have done a thourogh comparison betwwen Oracle, MS Sql Server, and Informix. Informix is old bulky technology, MS Sql Server is a joke, Oracle is the way for serious developers database solutions (Full Stop) Adel Al-Shaikh sico@batelco.com.bh