Re: DB2/400 comparisons with other relational databases (specifically Oracle and SQL Server)

Joe,
Without spending a great deal of time-this info is backed up in print -two
sources
on Microsofts site.and is common knowlege too people "who know".
Mike Otey once a big name in the AS/400 would agree with me too.
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Joe Pluta" <joepluta@PlutaBrothers.com>
To: <midrange-l@midrange.com>
Sent: Friday, September 28, 2001 7:01 PM
Subject: RE: DB2/400 comparisons with other relational databases
(specifically Oracle and SQL Server)


> Can you back any of these statements up with facts?
>
> Things like "beats Oracle hands down", or "about as good as DB2/400"?
What
> features?
>
> Or "scales nicely"?  On what platform?  What database size?  How many
users?
> Have you run any of the standard transaction load tests, such as TPC-C or
> TPC-H?
>
> Or even "a fraction of the price".   How do you calculate that?  Initial
> cost?  Ongoing cost?  Total cost of ownership?  Cost/transaction?  For
what
> size database?  10MB?  100MB?  1GB?  1TB?
>
> Joe
>
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Server Dave
> >
> > As a general rule from now on I would only recomend SQL2000 Enterprise
for
> > any new
> > applications-It beats Oracle hands down,has all the bells and whistles
> > management tools/dev enviroment  that Oracle has not got yet.
> > Its aboubt as good as DB2/400 but is far cheaper and scales nicely at a
> > fraction of the cost.
>
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