OTN V/S MSDN

Normally I hate to say anything against Oracle. Well you may be guessing that I am against OTN. That’s exactly the case. The reason is its confusing documentation. I have found some really good things about Oracle from OTN but overall my experience with it is not at all pleasant. The things that can be explained very simply are written in an extremely difficult way. You will find bulk and massive amount of information but still you won’t be able to figure what exactly it is trying to say. However the equally good are Oracle Press Books. I have limited access to them but they are simply great. If you are interested in any Oracle Technology and you have got Oracle Press Book on that Technology then believe me you really need nothing else. But they don’t come for free.

Microsoft has always remained under series criticism and pretty much rightly so but here I will tell you two things what I love about the biggest giant of software industry. The things are named as Microsoft .Net and MSDN. Its not because of I hate Java but it is really true that C# .Net and VB.Net are amongst the very best languages of modern application development. And when you have the tool like MS Visual Studio then as a developer you are in heaven.

The other good thing is the documentation of MSDN. It is simply amazing. It rocks. You don’t even need Internet if you have it installed on your PC. Comparing MSDN and OTN is of no use as my words are saying everything. There are a lot of good things about OTN but the thing I am talking about is really confusing i.e. documentation. Oracle should try to simplify things rather then complicating. OTN can only help if you are well aware of the technicalities of under mention technology and you have to figure out some ordinary problems you face while working. I have never find it good enough to learn something from scratch.