Re: Informix limitations, should we be using Oracle?

Sorry again. I'm posting via Google which takes 3-9 hours to appear on the board. I posted my response after Obnoxio on about post 18. Seems to have slipped in a little late...

"Andrew Hamm" <ahamm_at_mail.com> wrote in message news:<3dae25ff$1_1_at_news.iprimus.com.au>...

> >
>
> Ummm, only useful response was posted by Daniel? Now you are really
> confusing me. For a start, OTC posted answers to just about all your
> questions (excluding the ones where he needed more info from you), and I've
> tried to be a calming voice for what it's worth. All I saw from Daniel was a
> simple line about the crankiness as "a push towards oracle". I saw zero
> technical response from him insofar as answering the Informix technical
> questions you posed.
>
> So if Daniel's words are the only useful response for you, it really does
> come into question what response you are really after. One that tells the
> world to use Oracle? A useful response indeed in the light of all your
> technical questions???
>
> Anyway, I know for a fact that there is sufficient skills at Australian
> Informix to answer all your questions, and plenty of willingness on the part
> of that staff too. I also know a bloke who was very contracting very busily
> with warehousing, including use of XPS, although I don't know where he is
> now. E-mail me directly if you want his name (if you are lucky he's still
> contracting) and maybe you'll be able to track him down. Come to think of
> it, I'm sure the guys at Informix (Chris Chilcott for a start) know how to
> find him if he's anywhere to be found. I've even overheard other names with
> XPS skills who could help you independently, and once again the Ifx guys
> will know them and will probably be able to pass on their contact details
> too.
>
> email me at
>
> ahamm sanderson net au
>
> with all the usual _at_ and . characters thrown in and i'll give you that
> contact name to track down.
Received on Thu Oct 17 2002 - 15:05:34 CEST