Re: SQL Server

According to IBM spokesmen interviewed by CNNFN it means Informix is no more. They are going to wrap the technology into DB2.

I think best case Informix will be to IBM what RDB is to Oracle. Something they support only as long as they can make money on it. In other words, for developers it just became the new COBOL.

Daniel A. Morgan

Ian Ledzion wrote:

> Re Informix, I'm sure you've heard the news:
> http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,43251,00.html. Does this mean a
> post-grad?
>
> "Daniel A. Morgan" <dmorgan_at_exesolutions.com> wrote in message
> news:3AE6670D.E5CE0251_at_exesolutions.com...
> > Responses interspersed below.
> >
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> >
> > Joe and Anne Buhl wrote:
> >
> > > >SQL Server is elementary school
> > >
> > > I bet there is a lot a dot.boms out there that wished they had went to
> > > elementary school
> > > before they went to college and funded Larry's play house.
> >
> > Lets see I work in Bellevue-Redmond Washington ... uh NO! In fact some of
> > my clients are the ones that wasted gobs of money on SQL Server and now
> > realize it is not stable enough for 7x24x365, not secure enough for their
> > transactions, not scalable enough for their customer base, and must throw
> > it all away and go to Oracle. And I adore each and every one of them. <g>
> >
> > I am even aware of a Fortune 500 company with a department at each of its
> > major locations whose sole purpose is porting applications from SQL Server
> > to Oracle when they cease to function due to stability and scalability
> > problems.
> >
> > > >Sybase is middle school
> > >
> > > http://www.zdnet.com/eweek/stories/general/0,11011,2704708,00.html
> > >
> > > >Informix is high school.
> > >
> > > Informix is now in college.
> >
> > I agree. But the college is in deep financial problems and may not
> > survive. I know of companies moving their Informix product lines to
> > Oracle. I know of none going the other way.
> >
> > Daniel A. Morgan
> >
Received on Wed Apr 25 2001 - 23:59:53 CDT