Re: DB2 or Oracle

"Daniel Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag news:3D7623DD.CD96456_at_exesolutions.com...
> Sad_but_true_at_nospam.com wrote:
>
> I could point you to excellent documentation and so can just about
 everyone
> else. Go to ibm.com and find things that support your prejudice. Go to
> oracle.com and find things that run counter to it. Ask at c.d.ibm-db2 and
 you
> will find people that agree with you. Ask at c.d.o.server and they will
> disagree. So are you really looking for independent information or just
 for
> people that agree with the decision you have already made.
>
> I'll not take sides as I think the entire issue ridiculous. Either tool
 will
> do just about any job put to it. Either tool will likely frustrate you as
 you
> learn it. And either tool will someday seem better as you get more
> experience.
>
> Unless you have stock in either IBM or Oracle I would suggest you make the
> decision based on other criteria than you have chosen. Here are a few I
 would
> suggest.
>
> 1. Which tool will be better on my resume' when it comes to maximizing my
> future opportunitites and income?
>
> 2. Which tool will be easier to find resources for when I try to learn it
> (that means books, usenet groups, internet domains, magazines, training
> classes, people you work with or know that have experience with one or the
> other). You can answer those questions yourself by searching at your local
> book store, Amazon.com, dice.com, etc.
>
> 3. Do you know or have any interest in C?
>
> 4. Do you know or have any interest in Java?
>
> Beyond that all you are debating is whether red wine is better than white
> wine.
>
> Daniel Morgan
>

IMHO, this had been the only substantial response to the question - very worth the reading.

But there are more people interested into a comparison than You might think - me too, e.g. ...

O.K., both Big Tankers can swim and load and transport megatons of oil around the world,
but I think sad_but_true wanted to know if someone may know about a summary of comparison,
what each of both could do "better" or not.

This is: is there somebody out there who has experience with _both_ databases, a person that could really compare ? And a person that would kindly share some of his thoughts ?

Jan Received on Thu Sep 05 2002 - 02:25:09 CDT