I read (most of) it and it made my day. People who write this kind of
stuff know they are only telling half truths (did you see any quotes or
references?). It's email spam for techies. And a reply does nothing more
than make their day. If some of it is true, fine. Let the Oracle kernel
writers worry about it. I've got enough problems trying to keep up with
9i's new features. My advise is drag the document to the trash folder and
have a nice weekend knowing that...
Market Cap Market Share
Sybase $1,725,285,000 3.2%
Oracle $70,363,864,000 33.8%
References:
http://news.cnet.com/investor/quotes/quote-detail/0-9970-1042-0-SY.html
http://news.cnet.com/investor/quotes/quote-detail/0-9970-1042-0-ORCL.html
http://news.com.com/2100-1001-258126.html?legacy=cnet
Lastly, this guy was an Oracle DBA for only 3 years. Hmmmmmmmmm. After
only 3 years as an Oracle DBA I bet he still wets his pants when the
database crashes. I know I did until I had a good mentor, and had to clean
up after myself a few times:o)
Brian P. MacLean
Oracle DBA, OCP8i
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Dear list,
Feel like having a good rant? Need to take some frustrations
out on lies, ignorance and misinformation?
I received a document from a friend that live in both the Sybase
and Oracle worlds. He was interested in my comments on it
as he recognized it as a rant against Oracle that was full of
misinformation.
Oracle has it's problems, but if you want to rant about it's
inadequacies, you should at least be accurate.
Some of the things in here I can't address, such as the
IEEE number formats.
Others are just plain stupid.
The writer claims to have spent 3 years with Oracle, but he's
either lying or extraordinarily incompetent, I dunno which.
Here's my proposal: I'm turning this document loose to the list.
I was going to comment on it myself, but it's fairly lengthy, and I
just don't have time to do it myself.
Besides, I know that some of you relish such opportunities. :)
It's in MS Word format. If you want to make comments about
any section of the document, include your comments in blue
font below that section.
I will compile the comments, and send the annotated document
back to my friend. He can distribute it to his Sybase DBA friends
if he likes.
I was kidding about the ranting. Please keep it objective and
professional.
Please include your name at the top of the document. Tell me if
you want your name and email address included in the finished document.
The document can be found at:
http://www.cybcon.com/~jkstill/Oracle_from_a_Sybase_DBA.doc
Thanks,
Jared
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