Re: PRESS:INFORMIX UNVEILS PRODUCT STRATEGY FOR UNIVERSAL SERVER

David Sidwell wrote:

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> More than 'nuff said Michel ! Still, none of it correct though... :*)
>
> Oracle (r) is shipping it's Universal Server (r) now. Not in 1997, not
> at the end of this year, but right now.
>
> Oracle release 7.3.2 is production and shipping.
>
> This release incorporates the ability to manage many different data types
> and applications. Integrated into this release are ConText, Webserver,
> Spatial Data and Video server options.

Only one small thing you forgot to mention: Oracle Universal Server is in no way comparable to Informix Universal Server. The biggest diffrentiator is the fact that the USER can extend the server (build new datatypes etc.) in Informix but Oracle Corp. has to do the work in OUS. I guess Oracle mrketing will have no problems with that though. BTW, aint it strange that Oracle announces their Universal server roughly 3 weeks after Informix did? Good ol' 'Mee too' yell IMHO. My opinions etc.

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