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Re: SQL server Vs Oracle

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 01:30:49 +1000
Message-ID: <7hs25j$6uq$1@m2.c2.telstra-mm.net.au>


Chris Georgiou - TZOTZIOY <tzot_at_iname.com.byebye.spam> wrote in message

> the case any longer. You can't be competent unless you continuously
> learn; mark the word "competent".

Sure. That's why my CV has one page dedicated to all the training and courses I've taken in 25 years of this industry. The last one was last year.

> Sinclair QL. I hate this power being left unexploited; can I (or should

Heresy, Chris!!!!!!

What's wrong with Open-GL screen savers? They suck up CPU no end... <d&r>

> competition. What can one do? Revolt?

Use Linux. Or threaten your local MS-head that you will. Does work...

> You obviously have a good job working with legacy applications.

Nope. Unless you call Oracle 7.3 and 8 legacy... And NTWSP4. And Frontpage 98. And Office97.

> You
> don't need to upgrade.

Are you kidding? Just let me get my greedy little paws on O2K and NT2K!

> That's fine. Just don't say that what the
> others have to do (continuously upgrade to keep up with newer, improved
> development platforms) is wrong.

I'm not saying that, Chris. I'm saying that corporate sites CANNOT afford these short cycles of upgrades of NON-development sw and hw. I can because I'm small. They can't because they are big and they don't need development software. Ultimately, they will be so behind what I as a developer can code for, I'll have to dedicate older systems to them. That is not fun!

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Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_nsw.bigpond.net.au
http://www.acay.com.au/~nsouto/welcome.htm Received on Tue May 18 1999 - 10:30:49 CDT

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