Re: Oracle licence question

What level is ANSI SQL compliance does Microsoft claim - can you provide a
citation ?

ANSI 92 - check Books Online.

Here's the published current salary costs of both sets of DBA's in the UK
Oracle - http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/oracle.do
SQL Server - http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/sql%20server%20dba.do

There shows that there is less than a 3-13% differential between the min
and max salary ranges. Hardly a lot higher at all.


Very clever Mark, but I think you really want to compare like for like, so
you ought to compare Oracle DBA with SQL Server DBA (like for like) and you
get a more accurate result, if you compare 'oracle' with 'sql server' its
even worse....

DBA...
Oracle Min/Max £40,073 £45,219

SQL Server Min/Max £36,128 £40,846


Just search on product...
Oracle £39,363 £46,026

SQL Server Min/Max £33,665 £38,797


Thats a big difference!

http://www.theedison.com/research/gems/040401rdbmscmcs.pdf

I wonder who has commissioned the report? Looking at the detailed tasks it
starts to get a bit interesting and bias toward Oracle starts to be shown,
for instance; the set up and seperate service pack installation - counted as
one and not broken down - mmmm.

I await the next report with interested and will also look for more bias,
perhaps I will download your trial and try it for myself and write up the
results as a whitepaper of my own!

Perhaps the savings the state are offset against the fact that SQL Server
salaries are around 18-20% lower than that of Oracle - quoting your source
too!

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SQL Server MVP
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"Mark Townsend" <markbtownsend@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:4400F6C5.8080203@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx


What you mean - they use portable SQL as definied by the ANSI SQL
standard, something Oracle doesn't do very well! Come on guys, catch up!!
Talk about MS locking people in - LOL!

What level is ANSI SQL compliance does Microsoft claim - can you provide a
citation ?

One thing you need to watch is staffing, costs for Oracle staff here in
the UK are a lot higher than SQL Server ones, also, you tend to need
more; also, the SQL Server professional has a more rounded experience to
the business, often trained in Business Intelligence.

Here's the published current salary costs of both sets of DBA's in the UK
Oracle - http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/oracle.do
SQL Server - http://www.itjobswatch.co.uk/jobs/uk/sql%20server%20dba.do

There shows that there is less than a 3-13% differential between the min
and max salary ranges. Hardly a lot higher at all.

There is no evidence to suggest that managing Oracle requires anymore
DBA's than managing SQL Server. Overall DBA counts within an organization
are not comparable, as typically the Oracle DBA's are looking after more
mission critical systems, and/or larger Data Warehouses, than the SQL
Server counterparts. These systems also often have higher SLA
requirements, which can translate into more than one shift of DBAs.

And there is evidence to suggest that managing Oracle is actually esaier
than managing SQL Server. See the Edison report that showed that Oracle
Database 10g requires 30% less DBA time, 20% less steps, and up to $36,000
less per year to manage than SQLServer 2000

http://www.theedison.com/research/gems/040401rdbmscmcs.pdf

I believe that a new Edison report is due out soon comparing Oracle
Database 10g to SQLServer 2005. But if the last eweek review is anything
to go by, the difference may become even greater with the newest release
of SQL Server

"However, by making management more complex, Microsoft has discarded the
one significant advantage it had over Oracle Database 10g and IBM's
DB2?ease of administration. This makes DB2 and Oracle Database 10g look
all the more attractive for their broader choice of development
frameworks, management interfaces, and server hardware and operating
systems."

http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1894609,00.asp

Your last comment, which interesting enough is not the usual MS rhetoric
is purely subjective, and you have no evidence to back this statement up
at all.


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