Re: Pro's & Con's on Oracle & SQL Svr?

From: Tim Kannel <tdkannel_at_bitstream.net>
Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2001 22:33:08 -0600
Message-ID: <MPG.152dc8822a230ce69896b1@news.bitstream.net>

> 4. The company I currently consult to was founded by ex-Microsoft employees and
> its current product line is 100% SQL Server based. Right now they are recreating
> their product line in Oracle ... due to customer demand.

Sounds familiar. The company that I work for is also converting some of its products to Oracle as a result of customer demand (if the decision was up to us we would stick with SQL Server). But that doesn't mean that the customer decided on Oracle based on knowledge of the product. As someone else mentioned, software developers, and their customers, tend to stick with what's familiar - either a technical familiarity or a familiarity from product marketing.

In our case the decision by the customer to use Oracle was quite possibly not based on any (or at least not many) technical qualifications. Can you be certain of the reasoning behind the decisions of the people referred to?

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Tim Kannel
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