RE: Oracle Future???

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size=2>Someone on this list posted a message saying they were running a db with 320G of disks on Windows2000...
 
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Boivin
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  Hmm,
  strange this one. This is like the age old NT and UNIX   argument.
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  Many
  years ago now I was working on UNIX and Ingres
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  class=593212015-08012002>Progressed to UNIX, Ingres,Oracle and DB26000 (wow !!   a blast from the past). At about this time I heard that NT was to push UNIX   out into the wilderness and UNIX would become obsolete.
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  class=593212015-08012002>Ingres fell by the wayside after the CA takeover and   DB26000 went the same way and I was left with UNIX and   Oracle.
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  I
  then moved to Unix, Oracle and Informix.
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  class=593212015-08012002>Informix dropped away rapidly - so here I am sitting   with UNIX and Oracle almost 10 years from the day that I was told that UNIX   would be obsolete.
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  class=593212015-08012002>Absolute hogwash in my opinion.
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  Our
  company also uses MySQL and SQLServer. I will probably get around to mucking   about with both but don't expect them to push Oracle away. I'm with Mark the   only main threat I've heard is DB2. (and not the crap thing that was DB26000 a   while ago unless I'm mistaken).
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  class=593212015-08012002>Cheers
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  class=593212015-08012002>Lee      

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    size=2>-----Original Message-----From: Mark Leith     [mailto:mark_at_cool-tools.co.uk]Sent: 08 January 2002     14:56To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-LSubject:     RE: Oracle Future???
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    size=2>Cross education is always a benefit - in moderation. What I mean to     say is that you will be far more marketable with knowledge of multiple     relational databases, but it may be more beneficial for you to have more of     a focus on the market leading RDBMS - Oracle. The below comments seem to be     a little over the top for my liking - I *DON'T* see Oracle only having 5% of     the market share in the near future, as quite frankly the rest of the     databases out there simply are not up to to scratch in terms of there data     processing and storage capabilities in large multi-user environments.     

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    size=2>Oracle doesn't even really see MSSQL as a major competitor - they     view DB2 as their evil enemy!
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    size=2>Oracle & SQLServer database mop and bucket man.     (OSDMBM)     

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      size=2>-----Original Message-----From: root_at_fatcity.com 
      [mailto:root_at_fatcity.com]On Behalf Of Denham EvaSent: 08 
      January 2002 14:25To: Multiple recipients of list 
      ORACLE-LSubject: Oracle Future???
      Hi Folks, 
      Wonder if anyone would like to comment, 
      my MSSQL DBA sent me a couple of emails from a MSSQL mailing list, they 
      were discussing the future of MSSQL.
      Some of the comments included comments 
      about our DB - Oracle. I've 
      added two here... 
      ...With Hyperion been seriously 
      challenged and overrun by Analysis Services, oracle will completely die 
      out as they integrate their current offering into Oracle9i. 
....
      ...Oracle will become another Apple: 5% 
      market share. ... 
      Do you guys agree? Is Oracle doing 
      anything about the very serious threat that MSSQL is placing on their 
      market share? 
      No, plans of changing personally, but 
      wondering if cross education won't be beneficial:) 
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      face="Courier New" size=2>Denham 
      
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