Re: Differences between the Microsoft and the Oracle SQL server

an133911_at_anon.penet.fi wrote:
> Show me some Informix
> sites with more than 200 gb in size - RARE! Unproven OLAP- they don't
> even offer a multidimensional database or analysis.
>
> I could go on and on - Informix days are over. Let me give you an
> example... the technology you mentioned above - its latest web page
> from Informix is from JULY 1995!!!!! HELLO INFORMIX PULL YOUR HEAD
> OUT and start producing and stop talking! Just for proof -
> http://www.informix.com/informix/corpinfo/zines/whitpprs/wht3/6828whi.htm
> . . . pathetic.
> Oh, and what about raw bottom-line speed - once again Oracle kicks
> Informix all over on any platform!!!!
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>
> If I were you David, I'd be looking around for another job - and we
> both know it!

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My, my.  Aggressive, aren't we?

In recent benchmarks for VLDB insert and select performance, Informix
8.0 has been "kicking" Oracle all over...

Oracle Corporation may be a better company than it's competitors
(with the exception of Microsoft), but it's product is totally 
market-driven rather than technology-driven.  It will be interesting
to see if it holds up to the many complex data demands that are 
coming down the pike.

With the existing base of Oracle customers, you probably won't have
to be looking for a job anytime soon.  But I wouldn't assume that
Oracle is going to continue to be King of the Hill.