Re: a comparison of different databases

Adel Al-Shaikh <sico@batelco.com.bh> wrote: >> Raymond Wan wrote: >> > Well, I'm new to databases, but I have a better yet much less >> > scientific answer. I think Oracle is ahead or up there in the front >> > because the oracle newsgroup seems to have the most traffic and in > Er..., doesen't this mean they have more problems to solve. :) >> >> Or perhaps it's just that little bit more difficult to use?!! :-) >> Mark. >> >Hi There, >When It comes to problems ask MS Access users, the Access community has >the largest number of problems to solve, and by studying there >behaviour, you can be sure that more traffic dose not mean more problems >to solve, because Access users have learned to be quite and inactive, >ALL BECAUSE OF PROBLEMS!!!!! >Well, the serious part is that in my company, We have done a thourogh >comparison betwwen Oracle, MS Sql Server, and Informix. Informix is old >bulky technology, MS Sql Server is a joke, Oracle is the way for serious >developers database solutions (Full Stop) Bwa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. You aren't seriously claiming that Oracle (still mired in the stupipd convensions and proprietary dead-ends it started with 20 years ago) is not "Old, Bulky Technology". Lets see, how about this for a list - Absolutely the most STUPID space management constraints - The WORST administration GUI interface in the industry - The entire system FAILS if one bracket is missing from a particular text file. I'm sure we could go on. Ciao Fuzzy :-)