Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

Posted in 1997

Anthony Mandic — Thu, 27 Nov 1997 19:31:31 +1000 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Michael Segel wrote: > > Anthony Mandic wrote: > > > I feel tempted to state the same here, but I'd rather ask why > > some of Informix's top programmers have jumped ship and joined > > Orable? (According to what I've read recently in the trade > > papers) > > Who said that they were the *top* programmers. :-) The trade papers (not that they know anything 99.99% of the time). > If I remember correctly, Informix bought Illustra around that time, if > you catch my drift. Ah, the net closes in. -am