XPost: comp.databases.ibm-db2
From: larry@nospam.net
Rhino,
Frankly, if your friend Scott is a person who doesn't have a db
background, he is not going to be able to understand any technical
differentiators that are brought forth here (and their significance).
Secondly, when you post and ask such questions here ... all you are
going to get are people's opinions ... some very biased opinions. This
stuff is almost religious to some people. The best thing that Scott can
do is to:
- fully understand his customer's requirements from a business and
technology perspective
- tap into someone like Gartner, Mega, Giga for independent opinions on
each dbms
- search the tech media for any reviews of each product
- call upon his local Oracle and IBM reps to bring whatever they can to
the table
By the time he gets done here, his head is going to be spinning and he
will be asking "so who is right and who do I listen to?"
Larry Edelstein
Rhino wrote:
> "Mark Townsend" wrote in message
> news:4172BFFA.70603@comcast.net...
>
>>Rhino wrote:
>>
>>
>>>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.
>>>
>>
>>Two things
>>
>>1) This WILL end in a flame war.
>
>
> So how can I ask this question in a way that will get a meaningful answer
> rather than in flames?
>
>
>>2) You have posted this message to a defunct Oracle group. If you insist
>>on starting this at least use the right targets -
>>comp.databases.oracle.server
>
>
> Thank you! As I said in my original post, I've never used Oracle so I didn't
> know that comp.databases.oracle was defunct. It had a few recent on-topic
> posts in it and I had no idea what its normal activity level is so I tried
> that one. I'll repost to the correct newsgroup now that I know what it is.
>
> Rhino
>
>
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