Re: Informix: First impressions

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> aak2_at_Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) wrote:
>
> :After trying the Oracle trial versions on NT and Solaris x86
> :I am completely disgusted with the product and the company
> :(they cant even write install scripts without making blunders)
> :and looking for a better solution.
>
> Very understandable (although it *is* better).

What's this, Nils, a touch of levity? :-)

> You do also want to look into Illustra and Universal Server. That's a
> real revolution going on in the database industry now, and something
> you can't get anywhere but from Informix. It's likely to take the
> others years to get to the level these products represents.

Amen - this is where databases are going. Anybody have any idea on Illustra pricing?

-- 
Ciao,

Billy

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