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

From: Mark Townsend <markbtownsend_at_home.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Mar 2001 03:44:04 GMT
Message-ID: <B6EA9284.5AEA%markbtownsend@home.com>

Hmm - right back at you - see

http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?fromPage=viewJobs&jobNumb er=1101158&page=1&msid1=1002324267&msid2=1661618132&msid3=-1767185277&msid4= -567799586

There also seems to be some Unix in use at MS as well

http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?fromPage=viewJobs&jobNumb er=1101049&page=1&msid1=1002324267&msid2=1661618132&msid3=-1767185277&msid4= -567799586

http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?fromPage=viewJobs&jobNumb er=1101404&page=4&msid1=1002324267&msid2=1661618132&msid3=-1767185277&msid4= -567799586

Even some Redbrick on Unix - now that's truly bizarre

http://www.microsoft.com/jobs/search/jobDetail.asp?fromPage=viewJobs&jobNumb er=1101924&page=3&msid1=1002324267&msid2=1661618132&msid3=-1767185277&msid4= -567799586

in article 3ac49b
1b$0$12248$ed9e5944_at_reading.news.pipex.net, Niall Litchfield at n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk wrote on 3/30/01 6:41 AM:

> Hmm
>
> Microsoft.com runs on NT/SQL Server (well now the 2k editions)
>
> Microsofts line of business apps ran on MS platforms (at least they were
> said to a couple of years ago) .
>
> In short. I don't believe you. Of course if you can provide chapter and
> verse as to which Oracle products MS uses to run its business and on what
> hardware platform I might be tempted to believe you, after all Oracle would
> be publicising the fact would they not.
>
> meanwhile I can't tell you about the line of buiness apps but www.webtv.com
> is running on IIS5/Win2k
>
>
> --
> Niall Litchfield
> Oracle DBA
> Audit Commission UK
> "Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3AC40D64.879AF505_at_exesolutions.com...

>>> However, Microsoft does not use Oracle to run its business.
>> 
>> Absolutely not true. No business the size of Microsoft can run on SQL

 Server.
>>
>> You might want to start by looking at Microsoft's WebTV operation for  starters.

>> 
>> Daniel A. Morgan
>> 

>
>
Received on Fri Mar 30 2001 - 21:44:04 CST