Re: Article about supposed "murky" future for Oracle

From: Daniel Morgan <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu>
Date: Mon, 29 Mar 2004 19:29:17 -0800
Message-ID: <1080617335.860241@yasure>

Niall Litchfield wrote:

> "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> news:1080571438.278258_at_yasure...
>

>>Prove what? That Microsoft runs its SAP financial package on top
>>of Oracle? Should be simple enough. We both know they aren't running
>>it on SQL Server or Sybase ..

>
>
> Why does anyone care? Can SAP run on MSSQL effectively - answer yes. We all
> know that. Speculating about what one company may or may not run doesn't get
> us anywhere. The fact is that all of Oracle,DB2 and MSSQL run enterprise
> scale, business critical apps. Claiming that the competitor can't do it when
> it clearly can is far too close to marketing for my liking.
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK

Except that if your statement was correct ... they'd be running on their own software wouldn't they? So apparently there is a difference.

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