well, you could easily translate those terms into something your customer does understand -- converting them into time, money, or both -- but again, you should first define the system requirements.... -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Juan Cachito Reyes Pacheco Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 14:56 To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Please advice sql server vs. Oracle Thanks Lex, the point is I don't finda paper to give a customer and say "Do you see Sql server don't have hot backup" locking reads, fixed block, etc. are too technical and customer don't understand that terms. Juan Carlos Reyes Pacheco OCP Database 9.2 Standard Edition ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ----------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -----------------------------------------------------------------