Re: oracle prices, are they for real?

How is Informix better than Oracle???

Compare the informix sql utilities with sqlplus. Need I say more? Compare the connectivity tools, I have had Informix SDK just stop working one fine day on my clients' production environments. Comapare the SQL itself, do you know how often I wished IDS had something like NVL???

BTW, I've been doing Informix for 8 years now, even got certified! Now, there're hardly any Informix jobs around. I won't be surprised if this company goes belly up sometime soon. Who do you think will support your database after that?

Go with Oracle, you'll appreciate it very quickly.

Arun

Ravi Kommalapati wrote:

> I agree with you on the that, but if you are planning to buy a
> database server on LINUX, I would recommend Informix, as a DBA for both
> Oracle and Informix on Unices, I find Informix to be a better product, and
> very well integrated with the Unix OS. Also they are having a special deal
> till the end of April so it costs only 99$ for Informix on LINUX.
>
> Ravi
>
> christine_at_techresource.org wrote:
>
> > 1300 dollars for oracle on linux. Does anyone
> > else think that this price is recockulous. Do people
> > actually pay these prices. I think i'll just tough
> > it out without either postgres or mySQL.
> >
> > I remember reading 200$ for oracle on linux
> > somewhere a year or so ago, this was from a news post,
> > though. Were prices ever resonable or have they
> > gone crazy just recently. I would never pay this much
> > for software. Prices like these aren't paying for
> > programers and support, these kind of prices are paying
> > for marketers, corporate planes, and lamer businesmen
> > who sit around tyring to figure out ways to screw people
> > while making the programers lives misearable. I am sure
> > the programers would be happier charging less, focusing on
> > their code more, and loosing the corporate overhead and
> > bullshit.
> >
> > Comments?
> >
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Received on Thu Mar 25 1999 - 13:36:11 CST