Re: Oracle or Informix? (Insights and experiences wanted - NO RELIGIOUS WARS OR FLAMES PLEASE!!!)
Date: 1996/11/02
Message-ID: <55emf2$i7m_at_dfw-ixnews2.ix.netcom.com>#1/1
>I have been charged with comparing these two companies and their
>products and making a decision on which one my employer should choose.
>I am asking for information from these 2 groups to aid in my
>research. What I am looking for are others who have had to make
>the same decision: which one you went with and WHY. What I am NOT
>looking for are religious wars (this one's better because I say so)
>and flames. I'd like to have opinions that have some basis in
>fact.
>What I am interested in is simply basic OLTP functionality,
>including the stability and scalability of the server, as well
>as performance of course, and resource consumption. Also we
>will be doing web stuff, of course, so this piece of the puzzle
>is important too. I am also interested in what platform you
>are using (hardware and O/S, configuration, etc.). Last but
>not least :-) I am open to being pointed to any other resources
>that may help (like, Hey we've had this discussion a million
>times and here's some archive of the whole thing, or better yet
>here's some independent sources of comparatives).
>Thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to take the time to
>share their insight and experiences with me. This is a most
>difficult position to be in, and finding straight information
>without the marketing tarnish is not very easy!
>Regards
>/dlj
>--
>David L Jarvis
>Director of Technology - CABLExpress Corporation
>djarvis_at_relay.cablexpress.com
Received on Sat Nov 02 1996 - 00:00:00 CET