Of course, a quick read of the pre-installation checklist would help tremendously...
"Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message news:<9qm685$ulr$03$1_at_news.t-online.com>...
> Because I am currently struggling installing Oracle 8.1.7
>
> MS SQL Server is installed by clicking SETUP.exe. Then it runs fine. Oracle
> is installed by clicking SETUP.exe and then correcting some errors in
> INI-files, searching for reports about why a certain component does not work
> and finally giving up, just because I (a software developer) don't have the
> time to become a DBA.
>
> MS SQL Server has a user interface that is consistent with the plattform. It
> is a Windows interface which behaves just like any other Windows programm.
> Oracle has a user interface which has been programmed with Java. It is
> terribly slow and it does not follow the usual Windows Interface Guidelines.
> For a Windows-only user this interface is hard to operate with.
>
> Michael G. Schneider
Received on Thu Oct 18 2001 - 10:22:17 CDT
