Comments interspersed > * No decent scheduler. Yes there is 'at'. Like I said... Scheduled tasks =20 > * Installing Perl on win32 with all needed modules has > become a monumental pain in the rear. Fair comment >=20 > * Why can't MS provide a semi-decent code editor. > Yeah, notepad. Right. I'd say that wordpad was semi-decent and the vs.net ide was superb(but cost= ly).=20 > * Command line utilities. You think unix/linux is arcane? I *think* that it depends on what you are familiar with. I'd also not use t= he command shell for scripting but the windows scripting host.=20 >=20 > * The fact that an incredibly robust PIPE implementation is built in, > but there is no access from the command line. And that=20 > Oracle is built > with the MS stdlib ( think that's the sitation ) so even > when you get 3rd party tools that work with PIPE's, they won't work > with Oracle. :(=20 > * The fact that there are still drive letters. I can't get too excited about drive letters v mount points, but in windows2= 000 upwards you do have a choice.=20 > * That MS has *finally* got around to offering unix like=20 > utilities, but > wants $100 for them, on top of the money you've already paid=20 > for the OS. :(=20 > * That it took until Win23k for MS to design the system to allow > different versions of apps to have different versions of DLL's. > Lesse, we've been doing this on unix for 30 years or so? That must be why the linux install guides are so easy and never include ref= erences to the right glibc libraries :(=20 >=20 > * The stupid Oracle home selector that is strictly a GUI. I've always ignored it.=20 > Mind you now, Oracle runs just fine on win32. It's maintaining it and > working with the environment that is so annoying, and made difficult > where it shouldn't be. Niall Litchfield Oracle DBA Audit Commission +44 117 975 7805=20 ********************************************************************** This email contains information intended for the addressee only. It may be confidential and may be the subject of legal and/or professional privilege. Any dissemination, distribution, copyright or use of this communication without prior permission of the sender is strictly prohibited. ********************************************************************** ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please see the official ORACLE-L FAQ: http://www.orafaq.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to: oracle-l-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx put 'unsubscribe' in the subject line. -- Archives are at //www.freelists.org/archives/oracle-l/ FAQ is at //www.freelists.org/help/fom-serve/cache/1.html -----------------------------------------------------------------