re: Teradata Comparison

hello all,
  for the past few weeks, I have not heard the "end of it" in a number of discussions I've had with a developer holding in high regards Teradata as being the "serious" datawarehousing db, "much better" than Oracle. Not knowing the particulars of Teradata, naturally, I could not digress or make a comparative point, however, to me, even the biggest, the uber-googol databases, can be partitioned & summarized pretty efficiently for awesome results & response.    

  Has anyone worked with Teradata? What are some of their strenghts that Oracle does not provide? -- I doubt there are many, if any at all, but I'm looking for a more expert opinion.    

  thx a bunch,
  Cosmin    

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