Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

From: Michael Segel <Mikey_at_NOSPAM.King.of.MyDomain.NOSPAM.Segel.com>
Date: 1997/11/26
Message-ID: <347C3888.739683DD_at_NOSPAM.King.of.MyDomain.NOSPAM.Segel.com>#1/1


Anthony Mandic wrote:

> > 3) Swich to Informix :-)
>
> I feel tempted to state the same here, but I'd rather ask why
> some of Informix's top programmers have jumped ship and joined
> Orable? (According to what I've read recently in the trade
> papers)
>
> -am

Who said that they were the *top* programmers. :-) Money is always a factor, so is work location, and sometimes egos.

If I remember correctly, Informix bought Illustra around that time, if you catch my drift.

-Mikey Received on Wed Nov 26 1997 - 00:00:00 CET

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