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Comparison Chart
MSFT ORCL IBM MySQL
SQL-compliant RDBMS
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Low TCO - - - 
Low capital expense - - - 
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Easy to deploy  - - 
High reliability and uptime
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Top performance -  - 
Fast application development ? ? ?
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Abundance of skilled staff
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Supported by commercial vendor
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Easy to administer  - - 
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