Re: Oracle/Sybase/Informix/MS-SQL Server

On 27 Dec 96 at 15:14, Scott P. Smith wrote: > I know I'm asking for it, but here it goes: Saying things like "NT > Sucks." really doesn't say anything. NT and UNIX both have there > place. NT is great for small to midsized LANs were all the clients > are Windows/Win95. I know this from first hand experience. If you I had hoped it was clear that when I said "NT Sucks", I meant as a database server. Clearly, it was not clear. :-) The question originally asked was about a good platform as a database server, and all the money in Bill Gates's wallet couldn't convince me that NT is a good database server. > don't have first hand experience with NT (which I assume you don't) I do have first hand experience with NT. I have carefully refrained from saying things like NT sucks until I was sure it did... :-) > then you really don't have the right to bash it. I have some > experience with UNIX but not enough experience to give an honest > evaluation between it (them) and NT, so I don't. I can say that any > small company that relies on Windows clients will be very happy > using a NT server as a file/application server and network > administration system. Any reasonably intelligent person who has ..........................^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Ah. Well, this is where I fall over, you see. :-) > used Windows can set up and manage an NT server (manage user > accounts, manage print servers, etc.) with no additional training. > In fact I didn't even need to open a book. All the instructions are I'd like you to reserve judgement on this until you've had your first inexplicable error... :-) If you'd read my post through, you would have noticed I said it was great until it fell over. Am I the only retard out there who thinks that a GUI gets between a sysadmin and his job? :-) > on-line in build-in help files. I cannot say the same thing for > UNIXs. That doesn't mean UNIXs suck. However, time is money, and I > an very confident that companies that use Windows clients would be > wasting money if they use UNIX. Also, NT does not require a full > time administrator. Ahem. *We* use Windows clients with a SCO server and a Linux server. We don't have a full time administrator. We *do* have four people doing MCSE training so that we can support NT properly. We have no formal qualifications in Unix, but support clients running on AIX, HP-UX, SCO, UnixWare, even Xenix! I agree your point that everything has its place is 100% correct. I just don't believe NT has any place as a database server. All IMHO, YAMMV, etc. -- Ciao, Billy I'd be in favour of apathy, but I just couldn't be bothered...