Microsoft has the gloves off and is ready to rumble.
It proudly shows 6 compelling reasons to switch to SQL Server from Oracle on their Microsoft in Government site.
http://www.microsoft.com/industry/government/products/server/sql2008.mspx#WhySwitch
Has Microsoft really surpassed Oracle?
Well their site claims so..:
| SQL Server 2008 | Oracle | |
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Performance and Scalability |
1 |
1 |
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Business Intelligence |
1 |
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Total Cost of Ownership |
1 |
|
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Stronger Partner Ecosystem |
1 |
|
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Better Together with Microsoft Office |
1 |
|
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Security |
1 |
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Total |
6 |
1 |
Round 2 of the Database wars appears to be on. Microsoft appears to have taken the first shot!
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