Re: Oracle versus MS Sql Server

From: Nuno Souto <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam>
Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 11:25:14 GMT
Message-ID: <3bcebadc.4871200@news>

In a valiant and sublime effort,Porus H Havewala dipped a thumbnail in soot and doodled:

> 1. Single platform dependancy.
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Yeah, but that's not even relevant to the Win-heads out there...

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> 2. Locking / concurrency
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don't even imagine that will become an issue until M$ comes up with a solution. Then they will be the "inventors" of the solution.

> 3. PERFORMANCE and TUNING

Just add memory. Or add lots of "dis-jointed" databases. The TCO will sink and TPS will go up like a rocket. Still won't make sense, but that's secondary.

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> 4. MISSING OBJECT TYPES
not important until M$ implements it. Then it will become dramatically important.

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> 5. PROGRAMMING
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details, details.

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> 6. CLUSTER TECHNOLOGY
wait until they make it available. Then, once again, it will become very important.

Cheers
Nuno Souto
nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam Received on Thu Oct 18 2001 - 06:25:14 CDT