Re: Newbie's Oracle 9i impression: it sucks

"Nuno Souto" <nsouto_at_optushome.com.au.nospam> wrote in message news:3ce9ff0c$0$15148$afc38c87_at_news.optusnet.com.au...
> In article <K_iG8.75146$Po6.120173_at_rwcrnsc52.ops.asp.att.net>, you said
> (and I quote):
> > Actually, you misunderstand what Howard is stating. What Howard is
saying
> > is:(chronologically down the page)
>
> No he did not.
>
> You will NEVER get a MSSQL boffin to admit or "understand" a limitation
> of "their" product. Until such limitation is taken away, at which time
> it will be "the first product without that limitation" by definition.

I don't think that is entirely fair. Hang out in microsoft.public.sqlserver.programming for a while. You'll see plenty of talented ,reasonable professionals. It might be true of MS marketing, but then you and I are running unbreakable databases right?

Having said all that it does seem that SQLJoe has been corrected on a number of factual points but doesn't wish to believe the responses. We've all met people like that as well.

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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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