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RE: Oracle, IBM fight of whose DB is more manageable

From: Boivin, Patrice J <BoivinP_at_mar.dfo-mpo.gc.ca>
Date: Tue, 27 May 2003 07:19:49 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.005A33F7.20030527071949@fatcity.com>


When I took sociology they decried the use of what they called "policy science", where someone has an objective but wants to find the best way to get there. (e.g. "we want the best education system at a budget reduced by 15 percent." Then they turn around an talk about "improving" the education system, or medicare, or... you name it.) They do this a lot in public policy. They rarely ask: "What level of funding is ideal for delivery of the following standards of services?"

I still haven't seen an honest comparison of SQL Server vs. Oracle vs. DB2 vs. Informix vs. SyBase vs. MySQL that I can trust.

Are there really independent software reviewers out there? If there were, would they have any money to stay afloat? They would end up annoying one of their sponsors at every study, eventually nobody would want to sponsor them anymore...

Patrice.

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IBM and Oracle are contesting whose database is easier to manage.

http://www.esj.com/news/article.asp?EditorialsID=559 (easier to read if you go to the bottom and select printer-friendly)

But wait, if they make it too easy to manage, will they need us?

Dennis Williams
DBA, 80%OCP, 100% DBA
Lifetouch, Inc.
dwilliams_at_lifetouch.com
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