>>SQL Server is generally much less expensive, easier to work with, scalable, and solid, but if the Oracle salespeople have done their jobs then SQL Server won't be given a chance.
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>That's true. Oracle salespersons see themselves at the peak of the Himalaya. Oracle has Oracle Express. It's free like MSDE but they even don't talk about that.
They also have Oracle Application Express which, I am fairly certain, they don't talk about as well.
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William Chadbourne
Senior Programmer/Analyst
State of Maine - DAFS App Team
Oracle - When you care enough to use the very best!!