Re: SQL Server

Re Informix, I'm sure you've heard the news: http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43251,00.html. Does this mean a post-grad?

"Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message news:3AE6670D.E5CE0251_at_exesolutions.com...
> Responses interspersed below.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
> Joe and Anne Buhl wrote:
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> > >SQL Server is elementary school
> >
> > I bet there is a lot a dot.boms out there that wished they had went to
> > elementary school
> > before they went to college and funded Larry's play house.
>
> Lets see I work in Bellevue-Redmond Washington ... uh NO! In fact some of
> my clients are the ones that wasted gobs of money on SQL Server and now
> realize it is not stable enough for 7x24x365, not secure enough for their
> transactions, not scalable enough for their customer base, and must throw
> it all away and go to Oracle. And I adore each and every one of them. <g>
>
> I am even aware of a Fortune 500 company with a department at each of its
> major locations whose sole purpose is porting applications from SQL Server
> to Oracle when they cease to function due to stability and scalability
> problems.
>
> > >Sybase is middle school
> >
> > http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2704708,00.html
> >
> > >Informix is high school.
> >
> > Informix is now in college.
>
> I agree. But the college is in deep financial problems and may not
> survive. I know of companies moving their Informix product lines to
> Oracle. I know of none going the other way.
>
> Daniel A. Morgan
>
Received on Wed Apr 25 2001 - 02:20:40 CDT