Re: ** FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - RECORD-BREAKING TPC-C RECORD!! **

Q92209725 Information Technology Student University of Southern Queensland On 1 Nov 1995, Pablo Sanchez wrote: > > In article <enduser-3110951702080001@204.247.5.19>, enduser@enduser.com writes: > > performance is the least reason to choose oracle over sypbase, > > ingres, informix. even if sybase and oracle were the same, oracle > > is superior in so many ways that it defies description. > > Would you attempt to defy and please tell us why Oracle is so > superior? I don't know Oracle, but my gut feeling is that probably > both engines are industrial strength and that if you looked at an > item by item comparison, we'd find one tool better than the other but > overall they are probably equivalent. 1. An extemly rich function set. 2. Read consistent views of data. 3. Sync and ASync replication as well as Distributed Transactions. 4. Cross Platform, Cross Operating System. 5. Proven in large enterprise systems. 6. Datawharehousing - consistent data quickly, as opposed to inconsistent data quickly. 7. Massive infrastructure in place. 8. Rich set of tools and server options for all types of information systems and media. Those were a few off the top of my head, and I have worked with both products. Gordon > > So convince me (with some facts) why Oracle "is superior in so many > ways..."?? > > > consider the mass of client tools, media tools, internet tools, and the > > presence of "row level locking". > > > > (heck sybase was so far behind the power curve they overpaid for > > powerbuilder by a factor of > > 3x, a billion if i remember, and still they are way behind). > > ----------------- > > What you list above doesn't tell me that Oracle is superior. You can > argue row-level locking if you like but that sounds more of a > religious war... > >