| re: Access and Oracle
A friend of mine's company just wasted $40,000 on an Oracle data warehouse
license and Oracle consultants who failed to implement a small OLAP system.
Their consulting isn't that great, but their db rocks. What they need,
though, are better admin tools, like SQL Server's Enterprise Manager and
Query Analyzer.
"DCM Fan" <dcmfan@aol.comSPNOAM> wrote in message
news:20040128101410.12686.00000884@mb-m29.aol.com...[color=blue]
> <<You're saying we should use products from a company whose employees[/color]
can't[color=blue]
> even install them? I don't think so. Twice now I've watched high-paid
> Oracle people fail to be able to install or run Oracle Designer and Oracle
> Workflow.>>
>
> I've had this kind of thing happen 4 times in the last 10 years:
>
> --Big Company X brings in a bunch of Oracle consultants to build Big[/color]
Oracle[color=blue]
> Database
>
> --Big Company X contracts me to build "temporary working model" in MS[/color]
Access[color=blue]
> b/c Big Oracle Database is taking so long to produce, but they still need[/color]
some[color=blue]
> working automation, and the Consultants seem to be having a hard time
> understanding the biz process.
>
> --Big Company X throws out Oracle consultants after spending anywhere from
> $500,000 to $2MIL, with almost ZERO user-functionality completed.
>
> --Big Company X--after months of my prodding--pays me to upsize "temporay
> working model" to SQL Server. This takes one day. Total cost of[/color]
application is[color=blue]
> between $25,000 and $150,000, depending on X.
>
> --Big Comapny X never uses Oracle again.
>
> --Big Company X is either using MS Access front end to SQL Server or[/color]
ASP.NET to[color=blue]
> SQL Server these days.[/color]
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