This is what I wanted to hear.. tks! Gabriel
--- "Goulet, Dick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I'll be a little more forgiving than Raj > has been. Basically MicroSoft is just the "pot > calling the kettle black". > > On the issue of price, well yes MicroSoft does > have an edge, but that's just how they've eliminated > all of their other competition over the years. The > product does not cost less than Oracle or DB2, it's > just that MicroSoft can leverage the tremendous > amounts of cash they have to offset the giveaway > they're into. I believe that was one of the points > of the Antitrust suit they were embroiled in. > > On RAC they really have a long way to go. If > you want to do a federated database setup like > MicroSoft states, just buy standard edition Oracle > licenses & toss in a pile of database links. Works > the same way & you don't have to pay extra for it. > The whole idea of RAC is that when one node dies, > for whatever reason, the data that node was hosting > is not offline till you get it repaired. And > actually you really do not need to do anything to > your application to take advantage of RAC, except > adjust your error handling to understand that a > transaction needed to be resubmitted. > > Overall I think MicroSoft's Achilles heel is > Windows. Their a one OS horse. Oracle is a multi OS > horse that runs the same whatever the platform. And > BTW, Oracle runs RAC on Red Hat without any > additional software, never mind that it runs on > Linux in the first place. Similar things can also > be said for DB2, Sybase, and Informix. When, if > ever, Microsoft has a version of Sql*Server that > runs as multiple independent processes on Linux then > I'll give them a second look. As long as their a > single multi-threaded Windows only process they can > stay in Redmond. Also, yes they are the "fastest > growing" database on the market, take a look at that > copy of Windows 2000 Advanced Server you've got. > There's a copy of Sql*Server 2000 in there, and you > can't uninstall it. Billy G is still up to his old > tricks. The only solution to MicroSoft is forced > divestiture. Too bad that judge could not stand up > to King George. > > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:40 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Aargh ... > > you must be very brave telling a Oracle cult to move > to SQL Server ... > > How do we know you are not Billy G using an alias > ... > > 8>) > > Raj > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com > All Views expressed in this email are strictly > personal. > QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is > an art ! > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:00 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > FYI > > One of my friends at Microsoft, (yes I must to > confess, I have friends at MS) gave me a "present", > it's a 4 cd's kit called "SQL Server 2000 for the > Oracle Customer", the kit consist in 4 cd's with > demos, docs, presentations, videos and a lot of > stuff > showing why sql server is a better option as a DB > instead oracle, contains price lists, performance > evaluation and many other "information", maybe you'd > > like to spend some of your time giving Billy a > chance > to defend his product. The 4 cd's are available > (almost completely) as links in: > > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/oraclekit > > Any comments? > > Gabriel > > ===== "Any dream worth having is a dream worth fighting for"(Cualquier sue�o que valga la pena tener, es un sue�o por el que vale la pena luchar)Charles Xavier __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Gabriel Aragon INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
