Re: Article about supposed "murky" future for Oracle

"Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1080617335.860241_at_yasure...
> Niall Litchfield wrote:
>
> > "Daniel Morgan" <damorgan_at_x.washington.edu> wrote in message
> > news:1080571438.278258_at_yasure...
> >
> >>Prove what? That Microsoft runs its SAP financial package on top
> >>of Oracle? Should be simple enough. We both know they aren't running
> >>it on SQL Server or Sybase ..
> >
> >
> > Why does anyone care? Can SAP run on MSSQL effectively - answer yes. We
all
> > know that. Speculating about what one company may or may not run doesn't
get
> > us anywhere. The fact is that all of Oracle,DB2 and MSSQL run enterprise
> > scale, business critical apps. Claiming that the competitor can't do it
when
> > it clearly can is far too close to marketing for my liking.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Niall Litchfield
> > Oracle DBA
> > Audit Commission UK
>
> Except that if your statement was correct ... they'd be running on
> their own software wouldn't they? So apparently there is a difference.

check out

http://www.microsoft-sap.com/case_studies.asp

and more especially

http://www.microsoft-sap.com/docs/Microsoft%2012pg%20Case%20Study.pdf

-- 
Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK