In reality your boss does not have to invest in either. Flat files are still
viable options for limited scope and usage applications.
But in the real world most applications need a database of some type to run in a
multi user environment. That being the case, why would one want to use either.
1) The first point that hits me is that MSSQL runs on Windows only. Now
that may be a good thing to some but in general I would think it's a bad thing.
You will not be able to take advantage of Linux which is a much cheaper and
reliable OS on the intel platform. On top of that the future of MicroSoft and
Windows is greatly in doubt. The anti trust action I have not heard an end to.
That being the case we may not have a MicroSoft to kick around in a year or two.
Oracle on the other hand does NOT have these limitations.
2) Feature set wise Oracle outpaces MSSql. Many of their "new" features
have been in Oracle for some time. Try doing partitioning in MSSql. No don't,
there is no need to commit suicide!
3) Take a serious look at what your buying and what you need. You'll find
that Oracle bundles a lot into the package where as with MS it's an extra, and
that means extra cost.
4) Seriously look at both Standard edition instead of Enterprise and Named
users vs. CPU licensing. Unless your actually connecting the beast up to an
internet server or some other out of control piece of middle ware Named users is
much cheaper. Standard edition will force you not to use many of Oracle's
advanced features, but if your not using them why pay for them?
In the end you need to make a decision based on business needs. I would argue
that investing in Oracle at least keeps your options open in the future, where
as with MS, well that's just a dead end road.
Dick Goulet
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Date: 10/22/2002 11:38 PM
Hi list
Please input why my boss must invest into oracle rather than the cheaper
mssql.
His opinion is that most features are almost the same but mssql does that at
half the price as oracle does.
So why he should not choose mssql is the question
g.g. kor
rdw ict groningen
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