I used to work for a dotcom that used Oracle. It was absolutely, 100% to engage any of my coworkers who career was based on using Oracle involved in a reasonable discussion.

This was several years ago. I had to hunt around in newsgroups. This topic shows up there every once in a while. I assume with 2005 out, the topic is being discussed there again.

>If he proves that sql server breaks then what does he do with the proof. Does he not publish it?
>I need to make a recommendation and in order to make sure that I have covered every angle I need to be sure whether SQL server is up to the job for a third party enterprise level db application which contains some shockingly badly written/optimised code. I can't recommend not using Oracle on the basis that a guy on the internet said his brother (who happens to work for Oracle and is therefore not impartial) said that he'd tested SQL server and that it was cr4p.
>I have yet to come across anyone anywhere who can back up their assertion that sql server is unsuitable at enterprise level with any hard evidence.