ITToolbox has a comparison between Oracle 10gR2 and Microsoft SQL Server 2005. Things like “setup and configuration”, “day-to-day administration” and “backup and recovery” were looked at. Oracle wins in some categories by saving a significant amount of time or number of steps to do things. So, let’s have that white-paper (you have to register first), I thought. And that’s where I found out that the white-paper was sponsored by….Oracle.
Microsoft has been accused several times in the past for influencing tests. Either by sponsoring them, or by conducting the tests themselves. This Oracle white-paper is no different. Do take a look at the comments of the article on ITToolbox.
For some reason B2Evolution does not let me enter the URL for the white-paper: invalid URL. It’s NOT! Here it is in plaintext:
http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/oracle/guide/archives/008613.asp
Update: Found it: ITToolbox is blacklisted centrally by B2E. Sorry about that. Fixed it locally.