Re: Oracle versus MS Sql Server

"Michael G. Schneider" <mgs_at_mgs-software.de> wrote in message news:<9qoeqo$7qp$05$1_at_news.t-online.com>...
> "Sybrand Bakker" <postbus_at_sybrandb.demon.nl> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
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> All I did was to point on some features, which (in my personal opinion)
> could be improved with Oracle. The initial post was a very pro-Oracle
> description, and why shouldn't somebody show some subjects which don't work
> optimally on the Windows plattform?
>
> It is wrong, that I do not like Oracle in general. It's a very good
> database, it has some very strong features. But I really doubt, that it is
> absolutely necessary, to present itsself that bad, when it comes to the
> Windows plattform. It's a big task, but complex software doesn't necessarily
> have to be installed and maintained in a complex way.

The problem is that you expect Oracle to change its software, because of Windows. However, Win NT is not very important platform for Oracle databases.
I think that non-Windows look of Oracle SWs is one of the biggest advantages of this product.
I've been using Oracle servers on HP-UX, AIX, Linux, NT, 2000s, Solaris platforms. On all of them is Oracle behaviour and interface roughly the same. If you will came to NT box or AIX, if you have experiences from other platform, you can start it working. Of course, some things are platform dependent, but you can make it work. The last thing that I want to encounter is unnecessary changes in interface just because some NT interface rule book says this window should has this feature. Understand ? The first thing is Oracle, then operation system. Is more important to switch between OS platforms easily than accesibility of Oracle for strictly Windows users. If we talk about complex softwares with difficult installation process, then we can talk about SAP. Oracle installation is pretty easy job comparing to SAP installation. And no one is complaining that SAP should has the same install process as MS Money. :-) My remmark about Access in this thread should be (of course) inserted in tags <SARCASM></SARCASM>.

> I am a professional software developer. I do Windows only. All of my
> hardware is Windows only. If Oracle wants to have people like me as users,
> maybe they shouldn't completely ignore these people's comments.

I will use same maybe rough words now. If is impossible for you to install Oracle Server, then you have two option. First do some learning (reading documentation, attend courses etc.) or use MS SQL, because if you can't install it you will have terrible times to make it work properly. Sorry but is hard to imagine more simplier task than installation of Oracle on Windows NT. Enterpise database sollutions is not turn on, look around, start working type of software.

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