XPost: comp.databases.ibm-db2, comp.databases.oracle.server   
   From: rhino1@NOSPAM.sympatico.ca   
      
   "DA Morgan"  wrote in message   
   news:417323F9.5040605@x.washington.edu...   
   > Rhino wrote:   
   > > One of my friends, Scott, is a consultant who doesn't currently have   
   > > newsgroup access so I am asking these questions for him. I'll be telling   
   him   
   > > how to monitor the answers via Google Newsgroup searches.   
   > >   
   > > Scott has heard a lot of hype about DB2 and Oracle and is trying to   
   > > understand the pros and cons of each product. I'm quite familiar with   
   DB2   
   > > but have never used Oracle so I can't make any meaningful comparisons   
   for   
   > > him. He does not have a lot of database background but sometimes has to   
   > > choose or recommend a database to his clients.   
   > >   
   > > Scott has enough life-experience to take the marketing information   
   produced   
   > > by IBM and Oracle with a grain of salt and would like to hear from real   
   > > DBAs, especially ones who are fluent with both products, for their views   
   on   
   > > two questions:   
   > >   
   > > 1. What are the pros and cons of the current releases of DB2 and Oracle?   
   > >   
   > > 2. What other sources of *independent* information are available to help   
   > > someone new to databases choose between DB2 and Oracle?   
   > >   
   > > This is *not* a troll and we don't want to start a flame war! Scott just   
   > > want some honest facts to help him decide which product is best at which   
   > > jobs.   
   >   
   > DB2 consists of two letters and one integer and Oracle consists of 6   
   > letters and no integers.   
   >   
   > This is not the first time you have tried to start a flame war and your   
   > previous attempt is logged in my database.   
   >   
   Please name another time I've tried to start a flame war. If you look in   
   comp.databases.ibm-db2 you'll find that I am usually a responder to people's   
   questions and usually only start my own posts when I have a technical of my   
   own. If you look in comp.databases.oracle you'll find that I've never posted   
   there before because, as I said, I am not familiar with Oracle.   
      
   Can you suggest a better way to ask my question? I am trying to figure out   
   how someone having to choose between Oracle and DB2 would choose one over   
   the other. Surely that is a legitimate question that many people have had to   
   answer.   
      
   Rhino   
      
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