Sorry, but Oracle is *not* an Open system by any reasonable definition!

I can forgive those that forget NT is proprietary, but Oracle definately
is.

Image/sql also conforms to SQL standards, even if a tad older than
Oracle's conformance.  The SQL standard is the only thing meaningfully
open.

Richard

"Simonsen, Larry" wrote:
>
> The problem I have is that without an open ( oracle) database on the server
> it is just not even in the race.
>
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>  -----Original Message-----
> From:   Stigers, Greg [And] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent:   Tuesday, October 10, 2000 5:00 PM
> To:     [log in to unmask]
> Subject:        Re: Quote of the week
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> And yet, this is exactly why we need to see 3000s in large server farms and
> other large mixed shops, so they can see "what is so magical about them",
> and maybe realize that they can do as much, or more, with lower TCO. So
> management can look at the headaches they have with (fill in the blank), and
> just maybe wonder why the troublesome boxes cannot be more like their 3000s.
>
> It's a magic box.
>
> Oh, wait, that one is already taken:
> http://www.pc.ibm.com/us/netfinity/magicbox.html
>
> Someone should run an ad, all right.
>
> Greg Stigers
> http://www.cgiusa.com
> fight the good fight

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