RE: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
- From: RP Khare <passionate_programmer@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <richard.goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx>, <oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 19:50:25 +0530
Dick,
What about BerkelyDB? I think it is meant to be an embedded DB?
Subject: RE: Why is Oracle unaffordable?
Date: Mon, 8 Nov 2010 09:14:09 -0500
From: Richard.Goulet@xxxxxxxxxxx
To: passionate_programmer@xxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Rohit,
There is an old saying that "one gets what one pays
for". That goes for database software as well. Sql*server is "nice",
but it doesn't have a lot of the fault tolerance and features of Oracle.
MySql is a toy that got promoted to something it was never designed for.
BerkelyDB is similar, it was designed for small projects, but then got promoted
to larger things. DB2 and Oracle are "similar" in robustness though
feature sets are different as well as packaging. PostgreSql is somewhere
between Oracle and SQL*Server, though a lot closer to
Oracle.
The bottom line is that a db is dependant on what you
the developer want. If your looking for an imbedded DB, then I suggest you
try a Google search, or possibly a visit to your local bookstore. I
will agree that as an embedded db Oracle is a poor choice and there are a
number
of better ones out there, but many lack the recoverability, flexibility, and
possibly ACID compliance of Oracle, but then maybe you don't need that. We
have one application designed to reside on a laptop that uses the Java Based
Apache Derby database which is open source. Fits nicely on a 8GB memory
stick.
Dick Goulet
Senior Oracle
DBA
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of RP
Khare
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 4:31 AM
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Subject: Why is Oracle
unaffordable?
Hi,
I don't want to initiate a religious war. I have been
using MySQL since last two years in production environment. I used SQL Server
Express and Oracle Express before. I have no complaints with either of the
databases, except that Oracle is over expensive and the architecture is
unnecessarily complicated. I want to know whether the complexity of the
Oracle architecture and its ever demanding need for a dedicated DBA is worth
paying or not. If you are an Oracle disciple, I don't want to hurt you and
my views here are totally unbiased.
I need an embedded database for a
shrink-wrapped application. I looked around for the alternatives. I read about
SQL Server CE, SQL Anywhere and BerkleyDB. I want to try BerkleyDB, but the
prices are too high. You could afford and enterprise class IBM DB2 or Sybase
Adaptive Server or SQL Server with a far lesser amount.
Oracle is a
good product but it is beyond the reach of customers other than big giants who
pump in too much money just to keep those DBAs happy, who sit around that black
dump command line screen. Why it can't be GUI and simple and
affordable?
...............
Rohit.
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