>One thing missing in this is out-sourcing...
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>Oracle development like all BIG Machine / Big Environment's has robust (India) outsourcing.
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>And while you might make big dollars today think 2-4 years from now as to how profitable it will be if it is easy to outsource you?
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>If the company is large (stable products) many IT people this will lend the ease to outsource and it is easier to outsource Oracle projects.
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>just a thought
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>>Are you sure it will be fun to work with Oracle Developer 2000 ?

The same could be said for just about any database out there. However, Oracle has double the market share that SQL Server does and, let's be honest, it would be a lot easier for an Oracle person to switch to SQL Server than it would be for an SQL Server person to switch to Oracle.

Regards,