oracle questions

[kms news]

Can someone give me an explanation of what oracle is. What is the difference
between it and windows. Why would a company want to use Oracle? I have never
used it and am looking for work. I want to be familiar with it and what it
is used for.

K

[Daniel Morgan]

kms news wrote:
Can someone give me an explanation of what oracle is. What is the difference between it and windows. Why would a company want to use Oracle? I have never used it and am looking for work. I want to be familiar with it and what it is used for. K

Your question is roughly equivalent to "What is an orange. What is the
difference between it and a sturgeon."

One is an operating system. One is a relational database. Might I
suggest you look to a local community college for a basic class in
databases.
--
Daniel A. Morgan
University of Washington
damorgan@x.washington.edu
(replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

[PoppaSmurf]

kms news wrote: Can someone give me an explanation of what oracle is. What is the difference between it and windows. Why would a company want to use Oracle? I have never used it and am looking for work. I want to be familiar with it and what it is used for. K

Oracle is:

1) A company
2) A relational database management system
3) A series of technologies produced by Oracle (as in #1)
4) A set of applications that competes with SAP, Siebel, Commerce 1 etc.
5) A way of life

Windows is something you look through while wishing you could get at an
Oracle. It is also something that occasionally can help get at the data
being managed and protected by the Oracle.


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