How do you go about finding MS SQL Server on MS Advanced Server? We have quite few Win2k/NT servers around here: no mention of MS SQL in the register, and it's not on the program menu.
Jared On Tuesday 01 July 2003 13:10, Goulet, Dick wrote: > Well, I'll be a little more forgiving than Raj has been. Basically > MicroSoft is just the "pot calling the kettle black". > > On the issue of price, well yes MicroSoft does have an edge, but that's > just how they've eliminated all of their other competition over the years. > The product does not cost less than Oracle or DB2, it's just that MicroSoft > can leverage the tremendous amounts of cash they have to offset the > giveaway they're into. I believe that was one of the points of the > Antitrust suit they were embroiled in. > > On RAC they really have a long way to go. If you want to do a > federated database setup like MicroSoft states, just buy standard edition > Oracle licenses & toss in a pile of database links. Works the same way & > you don't have to pay extra for it. The whole idea of RAC is that when one > node dies, for whatever reason, the data that node was hosting is not > offline till you get it repaired. And actually you really do not need to do > anything to your application to take advantage of RAC, except adjust your > error handling to understand that a transaction needed to be resubmitted. > > Overall I think MicroSoft's Achilles heel is Windows. Their a one OS > horse. Oracle is a multi OS horse that runs the same whatever the platform. > And BTW, Oracle runs RAC on Red Hat without any additional software, never > mind that it runs on Linux in the first place. Similar things can also be > said for DB2, Sybase, and Informix. When, if ever, Microsoft has a version > of Sql*Server that runs as multiple independent processes on Linux then > I'll give them a second look. As long as their a single multi-threaded > Windows only process they can stay in Redmond. Also, yes they are the > "fastest growing" database on the market, take a look at that copy of > Windows 2000 Advanced Server you've got. There's a copy of Sql*Server 2000 > in there, and you can't uninstall it. Billy G is still up to his old > tricks. The only solution to MicroSoft is forced divestiture. Too bad > that judge could not stand up to King George. > > > Dick Goulet > Senior Oracle DBA > Oracle Certified 8i DBA > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:40 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > > Aargh ... > > you must be very brave telling a Oracle cult to move to SQL Server ... > > How do we know you are not Billy G using an alias ... > > 8>) > > Raj > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- >----- Rajendra dot Jamadagni at nospamespn dot com > All Views expressed in this email are strictly personal. > QOTD: Any clod can have facts, having an opinion is an art ! > > > -----Original Message----- > Sent: Tuesday, July 01, 2003 1:00 PM > To: Multiple recipients of list ORACLE-L > > > FYI > > One of my friends at Microsoft, (yes I must to > confess, I have friends at MS) gave me a "present", > it's a 4 cd's kit called "SQL Server 2000 for the > Oracle Customer", the kit consist in 4 cd's with > demos, docs, presentations, videos and a lot of stuff > showing why sql server is a better option as a DB > instead oracle, contains price lists, performance > evaluation and many other "information", maybe you'd > like to spend some of your time giving Billy a chance > to defend his product. The 4 cd's are available > (almost completely) as links in: > > http://www.microsoft.com/sql/oraclekit > > Any comments? > > Gabriel -- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.net -- Author: Jared Still INET: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fat City Network Services -- 858-538-5051 http://www.fatcity.com San Diego, California -- Mailing list and web hosting services --------------------------------------------------------------------- To REMOVE yourself from this mailing list, send an E-Mail message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (note EXACT spelling of 'ListGuru') and in the message BODY, include a line containing: UNSUB ORACLE-L (or the name of mailing list you want to be removed from). You may also send the HELP command for other information (like subscribing).
