Re: ORACLE VS. SYBASE

Wall St. bought Sybase back then simply because it was faster.

• Original Message ----- To: "Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L" <ORACLE-L_at_fatcity.com> Sent: Wednesday, September 26, 2001 10:00 AM

> No guarantees as to accuracy, but I heard this story about 7 years ago
from
> someone who said he was there.
>
> Apparently when the major Wall St. firms were deciding whether to go with
> Oracle or Sybase they arranged to have both companies come in and do
> presentations and say what special arrangements they'd be willing to
offer.
>
> Sybase sent high level management who came with a list of features,
> explained their policies and offered a substantial discount.
>
> Oracle sent Larry Ellison who told them Oracle didn't have to offer
> discounts because it was obviously superior and anyone who bought Sybase
was
> an idiot.
>
>
> They bought Sybase.
>
>
> Jay Miller
>
> -----Original Message-----
> Sent: Tuesday, September 25, 2001 9:40 AM
> To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L
>
>
>
>
> -- Guy Hammond <guy.hammond_at_avt.co.uk>
>
>
> > That's about all I can be bothered to type for now. In summary, I would
> > like to say that Sybase is a fine product for your grandmother to store
> > her recipes in :0)
>
> Interesting to note that a good number of financial companies -- who
> make a living off of fast, stable databases -- use Sybase. They tend
> to prefer it for its combination of speed and cost of operation. None
> of them store recipies on it that I know of, nor do they allow their
> grandmothers access to the systems.
>
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