The price of functionality on Oracle bothers me. If you want full-text indexing
then you have to buy the Intermedia cartridge. This cartridge alone costs
more than the SQL-Server license which has the function bundled in. Two-way
replication comes only in Enterprise - at 3 times the price of SQL-server.
There doesnt seem to be any move to meet the market. Function and price
make for compelling bullet-points in a paper to the bean-counters. The
intricacies of SQL optimization are much harder to write-up as compelling
unless there is a lot of independent benchmarks to work off. Ultimately,
will the company get back the $$ on Oracle and a pricey DBA compared to
buying SQL-Server? Is the difference in Oracle performance worth that much
money to a small company?
Received on Sun May 30 1999 - 20:34:57 CDT
