Re: a comparison of different databases

In <31DBFB3F.6C4C_at_csc.com> "Chao Y. Din" <cdin_at_csc.com> writes:
>
>Mark D Stock wrote:
>>
>> Phil Edwards wrote:
>> >
>> > David Williams wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Phil Edwards wrote:
 

>> > > >Technically Oracle is ahead of the field. <SNIP>
 

>> > > What makes you say Oracle is ahead of the field??
>> >
>> > Short answer: er, pass. As an AS/400-oriented journalist I
 couldn't
>> ><SNIP>
>> > Slightly longer answer: in my previous job I conducted an
 evaluation of
>> > Oracle against Sybase, Informix and Ingres (not DB2); Oracle came
 out way
>> > ahead. <SNIP>
>>
>> Mmmmm. This sounds like the product of a marketing whirlpool to me.
 The independant
>> analysts say Informix are TWO years ahead in the market. So to use
 some Informix
>> marketing, they say that if these so called analysts are 50% WRONG,
 then ONE
>> years lead in this market puts Informix well ahead.
>>
>
>I guess I am a techie too, but I happen to be in charge of a
 multi-million project for a
>government agency. Based upon my suggestion, our client purchased 15
 copies of Informix OnLine
>7.x database servers and a couple hundred licenses for PC clients.
 All our applications are
>dealing with images in BLOB. All databases are ANSI standard
 databases with OLTP. We have one
>terabyte main database with 3 optical jukeboxes and 3 tape jukeboxes.
>
>The first production sub-system was delievered over a year ago. The
 second sub-system has just
>been completed, the third sub-system (the last one) will be completed
 by April 1997. Our clients
>have been stated in many many occasions that they are extremely
 satisfied with our applications.
>
>I hope it says all.

How does Sybase compare with Microsoft's SQL Server and what do you predict might be the outcome in the competition between the two?

Which is a better database engine for development with Visual Basic 4.0?

Mark Received on Fri Jul 05 1996 - 00:00:00 CEST