Path: news.easynews.com!core-easynews!newsfeed1.easynews.com!easynews.com!easynews!news3.optonline.net!newsfeed.telusplanet.net!newsfeed.telus.net!news1.telusplanet.net.POSTED!53ab2750!not-for-mail Message-ID: <3EE11648.A308D484@telusplanet.net> From: Hans Forbrich X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.8 [en] (Win95; U) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 Newsgroups: comp.databases,comp.databases.paradox,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.databases.sybase Subject: Re: Cross Post DATABASE QUESTION References: <8dcf2300.0306040207.1aa53dcc@posting.google.com> <92eeeff0.0306042257.2e67e54e@posting.google.com> <3edf0077$0$28909$1b62eedf@news.euronet.nl> <5fd2829d.0306051130.39024fdc@posting.google.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 19 Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 22:37:30 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 161.184.143.77 X-Trace: news1.telusplanet.net 1054939050 161.184.143.77 (Fri, 06 Jun 2003 16:37:30 MDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 16:37:30 MDT Xref: core-easynews comp.databases:98998 comp.databases.paradox:83610 comp.databases.oracle.misc:98467 comp.databases.sybase:26841 X-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jun 2003 15:36:47 MST (news.easynews.com) CSC wrote: > You can check the following web site to select the fastest database Don't forget to answer "what the relationship is between 'fastest' and 'best for my company'?" (This varies by company - there is no predetermined correct answer!) Also, in some cases, best >>might<< include some mundane requirements like - when the box breaks, the data is reasonably safe; - recovery IS possible; - if the company grows, moving to a bigger box - or a different box - is painless; - all questions, upgrades, bug fixes, calls to support are included in the support fee; - people who know how to code or maintain the platform are available; - obscure feature xyz is included and therefore doesn't require additional coding Just some thoughts - YMMV /Hans