From: quirk@... (Quirk) Date: 2004-05-13T20:43:59+09:00 Subject: Re: What so special about PostgreSQL and other RDBMS? "Greg D. Moore \(Strider\)" wrote in message news:<0wBoc.183156$M3.141910@twister.nyroc.rr.com>... > "Quirk" wrote in message > news:4e20d3f.0405120034.31bd92ac@posting.google.com... > > > > Unfortunately you have created unneeded dependencies for them, the > > worst of which is not MS SQL, since it is fairly easy to get at data > > in MS SQL and archive it or export it in a usefull way, the worst is > > that you have tied your customers to a terrible Operating System with > > a terrible licence, even Oracle users are not so screwed since at the > > very least they have a choice when it comes to OS. > > I'm curious about this terrible OS you refer to. I know the one I use is > stable, hasn't crashed on me once for SQL Server on 1/2 dozen machines for > 4+ years and so far has not succumbed to any security holes. Or is this > just blatant bias? Eeek. Someone actually wants me to discuss Windows. If you're really interested in learning, which I doubt, read this: http://kirch.net/unix-nt "Why Windows NT Server 4.0 continues to exist in the enterprise would be a topic appropriate for an investigative report in the field of psychology or marketing, not an article on information technology." -- John Kirch, Networking Consultant and Microsoft Certified Professional NOTE TO SELF: remember to notice when groups like comp.databases.ms-sqlserver are in the newsgroup list and remove them in replies, lets at least maintain //some// level of quality in these discussions.