Re: Database market is saturated fully, there is no more room!!

Jerry Gitomer <jgitomer_at_p3.net> wrote:

> [...] If you are in a very
> large organization and your data base crashes and you are running
> Postgres on Linux you and the CIO may be looking for new jobs, but if
> you are running Oracle on NT or Sun your paycheck isn't endangered. [...]

Jerry,

you're quite right. Using Linux/Sybase in large companies is quite a risk for the chair you are sitting on. But I (yet) consider Sybase (or whatever database server) on any PC not as a suitable solution for large companies anyway. Not even using SCO Unix as OS basis.

The other way round I consider Sybase/Linux a suitable solution for some smaller installations in smaller companies where you might use SCO Unix or WinNT instead. And in these companies, I believe you'll find (as I do) that the management is sufficiently informed what's going on with their database server and is carrying the fundamental decisions that are being made.

When you are in a situation where someone kicks you off your chair in case of a database breakdown you'd better consider installing a failover system anyway .... ;-)

Martin.

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