Re: Why is Oracle unaffordable?

  • From: Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2010 07:24:40 -0600

Sorry, grid control is HTML, it is not GUI, and the difference is
noticeable.  At the most basic level, grid control is a 3 tier application,
while a GUI front end is single tier.

On Tue, Nov 9, 2010 at 6:59 AM, Michael McMullen <ganstadba@xxxxxxxxxxx>wrote:

>  #2 is true, I took over the management of two db’s that unskilled users
> installed and managed themselves to the point the db was inoperable.
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> *From:* oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:
> oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] *On Behalf Of *Stefan Knecht
> *Sent:* Tuesday, November 09, 2010 7:42 AM
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> *To:* passionate_programmer@xxxxxxxxxxx
> *Cc:* oracle-l-freelists
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> *Subject:* Re: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
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> There's 2 possible answers to that, from my personal opinion:
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> 1) I think Oracle is *extremely* user friendly even if you're not using the
> GUI (see #2) , because if you know how to query the database the right way,
> it shows you soooooooo much information and detail about what's going on
> under the hood. It's not "click .. hmm nothing happens.. now what ?!"  -
> that just doesn't happen (well.... :-) but you get the idea )
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> 2) Oracle has had for many years, and still has, a GUI. It's called
> Database Control, or Grid Control.
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Andrew W. Kerber

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