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Neil,

Quote:>"Both platforms/dbms's scale and
> perform well." ?

If this is true, then why did Microsoft recently announce that they were
delaying the release of Windows 2000 Datacenter because it was having
trouble scaling past 8 CPUs?
Unix and the other RDBMSes have been scaling far past that for years.

Brian Crooke, MCSE

Quote:> Kent,

>  Stick with what you have experience with.  Both platforms/dbms's scale
and
> perform well.

>  > 1.) Is it try that if you have a lot of simultaneous users (more than
20)
> > then the better choise is to use Unix/Oracle8?

>  Unless you're talking 20,000+ concurrent users then NT/SQL is fine.

> > 2.) What are the advantages with NT/Sql7 compared with Unix/Oracle8?
> > Ecomomy/preformace?

>  NT/SQL is cheaper to buy and run.  And it runs on cheaper hardware.  But
this
> is only one factor that should affect your choice.

>  What are YOU trying to achieve?

>  Neil Pike MVP/MCSE.  Protech Computing Ltd
>  (Please reply only to newsgroups)
>  SQL FAQ (428 entries) see
>  forumsb.compuserve.com/gvforums/UK/default.asp?SRV=MSDevApps
(sqlfaq.zip - L7
> - SQL Public)
>  or www.ntfaq.com/sql.html
>  or www.sql-server.co.uk
>  or www.mssqlserver.com/faq

 How many systems do you have that need anything like this sort of power?

Quote:> If this is true, then why did Microsoft recently announce that they were
> delaying the release of Windows 2000 Datacenter because it was having
> trouble scaling past 8 CPUs?
> Unix and the other RDBMSes have been scaling far past that for years.

 Neil Pike MVP/MCSE.  Protech Computing Ltd
 (Please reply only to newsgroups)
 SQL FAQ (484 entries) see
 forumsb.compuserve.com/gvforums/UK/default.asp?SRV=MSDevApps (faqrtf.zip - L7
- SQL Public)
 or www.ntfaq.com/sql.html
 or www.sql-server.co.uk
 or www.mssqlserver.com/faq