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Just my perspective from working with Oracle for over 20 years... They will be dropping SQLServer support in the future.
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This is totally incorrect. Oracle would be really shooting themselves in the foot by dropping either DB2/400 or SQL Server customers. There are 1000's of customers that are smaller and who find that SQL Server works great - let alone the number of CNC consultants that only work with SQL and don't know Oracle or DB2.
Frank - thats a lot of scaremongering you're creating - and unless you have documented information to back up that claim, you'll be wise to retract that kind of opinion. Oracle has your picture now at least !
I know for a fact that Oracle has a good roadmap for SQL Server support based on my contacts at Oracle. It might be that their support for the latest MS products take a few months beyond release to "certify" - but rest assured, they're eager to ensure that customers are happy. After all, they're VERY happy selling weblogic servers to Microsoft SQL Server customers...
There are plenty more SQL and DB2 customers than there are Oracle DB customers out there....though the Oracle DB marketshare _is_ rising.