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Conference ulysse::rdb_vms_competition

Title:DEC Rdb against the World
Moderator:HERON::GODFRIND
Created:Fri Jun 12 1987
Last Modified:Thu Feb 23 1995
Last Successful Update:Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:1348
Total number of notes:5438

768.0. "Oracle's CASE*Designer in a mess...." by BAHTAT::BLYTHE (Ee bah gum th's trouble at t'mill) Fri Oct 19 1990 12:06

    (This is to do with CASE, but I'm sure all you Oracle fans out there
    would like to know...)
    
    ORACLE's CASE*Designer is in 'use' at a chocolate factory in Yorkshire
    'running' on a VAX Station 3100, 12MB memory, with a SPX graphics
    accelerator. There is also a colour monitor. However, it falls over
    with a stackdump when certain complexish things are done. This does not
    occur with a monochrome monitor! ORACLE are saying that it's the
    hardware's fault ,and that the said chocolatey customer should change to
    monochrome displays, who does not rally want 'to take a break' from the
    colour displays ! 
    
    I'll try and find out more.
    
    jb.
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768.1World Wide ConsistencyTRCA01::MCMULLENKen McMullenFri Oct 19 1990 14:547
    Some things never change...it is never ORACLE engineering that creates
    the bugs, it is always the hardware platform engineer.
    
    It is nice to see their mis-leading adverstising campaign against
    Digital has slowed down. Now I see it is SQL-SERVER that has drawn
    their attention. Correct me if I am wrong, but didn't Rdb sales take
    off during ORACLE's negative advertising against Rdb!
768.2TROA02::NAISHSQL4ME Paul Naish DTN 631-7280Mon Oct 22 1990 19:5614
    Re: .0
    
    There should be more to fight ORACLE*CASE with than this. At a minimum,
    it is a 'vertical' CASE tool and not likely to support and non-ORACLE
    development or support an alternate methdology.
    
    Re: .1
    
    Ken, the shift in ORACLE's advertising should be of concern to us as it
    may indicate where they are steering their clients! Don't forget there
    largest revenue share comes from VAX sales and we know where those are
    these days. In order to make up for lost revenue they may be focusing
    on new platforms e.g. Servers. We just had one client here throw out a
    VAX and replace it with OS/2 Servers!