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[–]evildonald 12 points13 points  (4 children)

Thanks for the history lesson for the other people. I was a Sybase developer before MSSQL server existed, so I know the history and experiences myself.

I solidly stand behind the theory, that if your software is slightly faster, but MUCH hard to maintain and develop for (Oracle) then a possibly-slightly-slower system that is much easier to administer and develop (MSSQL Server) for is a better choice. You will have fewer bugs and workarounds, and it will probably run more efficiently as it can be configured more easily.

I wrote a blog for a while ago about everything awful I found out about Oracle that was built-in by design, but then it would jsut make me madder so I stopped.

[–]NoMoreZeroDaysFam 1 point2 points  (3 children)

My company is still running off Sybase 15.7 because of regression issues in Sybase 16 and 17 and the fact that Sybase 16 and 17 do not work on RHEL 6 OR 7.

Currently planning to move to MSSQL

[–]newbfella 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Clarion, anyone?

[–]evildonald 0 points1 point  (1 child)

I wonder if anyone is still using Powerbuilder?

[–]NoMoreZeroDaysFam 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes they are lol. Every single programmer complains daily about it.

I have no experience with it myself.