Erik:

>>I am still trying to understand the validity of this chart.

> What do you mean? TPC is _the_ benchmarking authority for large-scale
> databases.

I believe the SQL Server - Compaq test was invalidated at a later date.
I will try to find the reference.


>> In terms of jobs, I know for a fact that Oracle DBAs are one of the
>> hottest positions there is right now. And people are willing to pay
>> them excellent wages.

> That's for sure, but SQL gurus are a hot commodity as well. An
> acquaintance of mine just moved to SF for a SQL job paying around 90K.

That's not much for SF... I can get 125K+ doing UNIFACE and a lot more
if I want to go back to SAP...

Daniel