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What's wrong with M$, please, the ever crashing OS, need anything else
be said?
And Stephane hit it perfectly. As far as I remember(feel free to brutalize me if wrong), that M$, even back in the DOS days, was never a development platform for Oracle and I used V5 on 386 under DOS.
Let the flames begin.
Joe
Stephane Faroult wrote:
>ltiu wrote:
>
>>What's wrong with M$FT. Most people use it : > The majority cannot be wrong.
>>What's wrong with you guys. If it works, then use it. If you can make it
>>work, then use it. If you can pretend that it works, then use it too.
>>
>>ltiu
>>
>
>Hmmm, Oracle and Microsoft are not fully compatible. There is no love
>lost between Ellison and Gates. Historically, Oracle was a port to
>Digital (remember this brand?) machines of IBM specs, and started its
>conquest of the world from minicomputers; market forces being what they
>are, Oracle came to run on M$ systems, but many (and especially older
>hands) Oracle DBAs consider M$ systems to be for wimps, just good for
>running Access and possibly SQL Server. Whether it is founded or not is
>another matter.
>
>Concerning your assessment that the majority cannot be wrong, I admire
>your faith in democracy.
>
>
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