Posted by metaperl on 06/24/06 12:39

Pros
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* Can optimize the hell out of the database because it does not have to
accomodate different OSes
* Code is probably cleaner - not littered with 80 million #ifdefs
* No need to write the code to deal with various filesystem conventions

Cons
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* Most cheap webhosts are unix-based (I think). You can use Oracle as a
professional and still do your personal home hacking on oracle
regardless of whether personal hosting is done on windows or unix. Not
so with MS SQL.

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