---------- > Date: Wednesday, March 19, 1997 2:09 AM > > My recommendation is NT with Microsoft SQL Server. Oracle will require Unix > and that means more headaches for you and you'll most likely need a > fulltime DBA. Also...NT with MS SQL Server will probably be less expensive > than other options. > > Craig > I don't have any doubt that MS SQL Server is much cheaper, if not free if you download an evaluation copy of 6.5 from the Web, but I don't think Oracle REQUIRES UNIX. As far as I know Oracle7.1 comes at least in 6 flavors: SCO, Solaris x86, UnixWare, NetWare, NT, and OS2. If finances permit (what's a 20 grand among friends - accountants :), think hard, because even though Oracle is more expensive, there are numbers of reasons for it. MS SQL Server is simpler, but you will still have to learn quite a bit before you can adequately administer databases. Good luck.