Re: Oracle8i, Microsoft

I have worked on both.

Stay with the product that have proven itself through the years, and where getting support is not a mission but a right.

I moved from SQL server to Oracle and never looked back.

Greetings

Wicus

Brian Green wrote in message <6u9qjq$17c$1_at_camel15.mindspring.com>...
>I'm very new to Oracle. In fact, my company has grown large enough that we
>are in the process of selecting a corporate database. Oracle vs. MS SQL
>server to be exact. So we're trying to decide.
>
>We like the new beta3 of MS SQL Server 7. I think anyone that knows NT
>administration can use their cartoon manager. It integrates very well with
>NT. After only 3 hours of installing MSSQL Sever7 for the first time, I
was
>reading/writing to a database with a thin-client from a Domino server. So
I
>give Microsoft a big thumbs-up for ease of use.
>
>Oracle is not very intuitive for a first time user (I'm comparing to MS
>here). It's mostly command-line based I guess. The startup cost will be
>greater I think. Administration looks harder too. Again, I'm a first time
>user and don't know any of the basics as yet.
>
>The big push at my company is CORBA/IIOP and Java. Multi-tier
architecture,
>business logic layer from an application server with Java, etc. MS has no
>interest in Java and is pushing their COM products.
>
>I don't like the idea of trusting our corporate database to Microsoft.
That
>really scares me. My colleges however are quick to point out that
Microsoft
>will probably be around a little longer than Oracle. Oracle is probably
the
>safer choice for data integrity. It's hard to find hard facts at
>Microsoft's web site. My company uses Lotus Notes extensively, so I know
>all about the Microsoft marketing machine (Exchange vs. Notes, MS arguments
>are laughable).
>
>The new Oracle8i will allow stored procedures to be written in Java.
Oracle
>also runs on a platform other than WindowsNT. These reasons favor Oracle
>compared with Microsoft.
>
>I'm tiered of researching the features for these product. I wanted to
voice
>my first impressions here in case anyone can provide advice about the two
>products. (no lengthy MS vs Oracle debates please).
>
>Are there any Getting Started guides for Oracle8? Preferably written
>outside of Oracle Corp. When can we expect Oracle8i to be released? Is
>everyone looking forward to the 8i version?
>
>Thank you,
>Brian
>
>
Received on Fri Oct 02 1998 - 06:42:12 CDT