Re: ms-sql vs oracle on NT or UNIX?

In article <6bu3ht$n2j$1_at_hermes.is.co.za>, Billy Verreynne <vslabs_at_onwe.co.za> wrote:
>Fredrik Larsson wrote in message <01bd3722$e188da20$28282828_at_maestro>...
>>NT in general is crap. I hate every day that I work with it. As a client
>>there is no alternative but NT as a server no way! Unix or Novell is the
>>better choices.
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While I agree that it is much better to avoid a religious war, I have spent a great deal of time with both on my desk, and have to agree with Fredrik. NT lacks basic tools for working as a server - it was not designed as a server, but merely positioned as one when it was greeted with a big yawn by the vast majority of 3.1 users who saw no reason to upgrade. The result is what we have now - a system with no batch capabilities, which is really ridiculous for a business OS, and all sorts of wierdnesses required to manage Oracle, such as the registry stuff, services that can't easily be shut down, and periodic reboots as a way of life. A while back one of the trade rags mentioned using NT to monitor stuff on the Saturn assembly line, based on vaporware failover. I had to laugh.
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>This is exactly why I generally not like postings asking about product x vs.
>product y, because you get assholes like this with a totally irrelevant
>answer that only reflects an emotional response. Mr Larson, we don't give a
>fuck if you like NT or not. The question originally asked was about MS-SQL
>vs Oracle on NT (or Oracle on Unix), specifically the poster asked "I just
>want to hear pros and cons of oracle vs. ms-SQL". <yeah, I get easily pissed
>off when someone post inane crap like i-hate-it-therefore-it-is-bad>
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>There are pros and cons to *any* operating system. Next time give hard facts
>and technical opinions instead of your emotional advice...
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