Re: informix/oracle comparison

Is Oracle an inferior product than Rdb?

http://www.oracle.com/rdb

17 Jun 2001 01:22:10 -0700 Sam Talebbeik <sam777t_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> Serge,
>
> Next time that you chat with IBM folks also ask them the following questions:
>
> 1) Why should IBM's database division push Informix over DB2 . Is DB2
> an inferior product than Informix ?
> 2) Why should any database company have two major lines of database server
> products, a DB2 line and an Informix line ?
> 3) Are you suggesting that because IBM has a commitment to support Informix
> then all future potential customers should buy Informix licenses verses
> DB2 licenses ?
> 4) Suppose you are in a sales meeting and a really important customer wants
> to spend millions in database products and services. Which database will
> IBM recommend - Informix or DB2 ?
> 5) How many ISP's (Independent Software Vendors) have committed to continue
> spending money and supporting an Informix port verses a DB2 port ?
> 6) Last but not least, why did IBM purchase Informix in the first place?
> I think once you answer this question then everything will become
> crystal clear.
>
> I am not saying that IBM will not support Informix in the near future. IBM
> has a great reputation in supporting older products. Many people who answered
> the original question about Informix/Oracle were trying to advise against
> buying a product that may not receive as much attention as the IBM's DB2 product
> line. Informix WILL NOT receive as much attention as the IBM's own DB2 product
> line. Period. If you would like me to elborate on the reasons, I can, but
> this post will get very lengthy.
>
> Anyone out there who is trying to buy a database license has only three viable
> alternatives these days - IBM, Oracle, MS SqlServer. I know this, you know
> this, and IBM and Oracle know this too. You still do not believe me ? OK.
> Just read the top story in the following link: http://www.oracle.com .
>
>
> Regards,
> Sam
>
> Serge Rielau <srielau_at_ca.ibm.com> wrote in message news:<3B2C0F47.C65DDF82_at_ca.ibm.com>...

>> Hi Daniel,
>> 
>> Five years in a market with an 18month product cycle are 3 (three!)  full
>> releases.
>> Noone knows who will be on which end of the market in five years.
>> Five years ago DB2 on Unix/Windows had a marketshare of less than 5% and was in
>> Version 2. Oracle chose to ignore DB2's existence back then.
>> Now DB2 has tripled in market share and one look at the Oracle homepage is enough
>> to see the change.
>> In five years DB2 can easily be in a position to be the natural path to upgrade
>> (not migrate) for an Informix customer if that were the plan to be chosen.
>> So if in five years there will be no Informix IDS V12 - so what?
>> 
>> And I invite you (for the third time, now) to read the more recent whitepaper I
>> pointed you to and which you seemingly prefer to ignore :-)
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Serge

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