Re: Comparative between DB2, Informix and Oracle Answered: grey (hollow confidence) — Pure banter fragment ('Oracle is unbreakable' / 'DB2 heals itself') of the broader DB2/Informix/Oracle comparison thread; the real original question lives in the other fragments of this broken-threaded conversation.

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Posted in 2005

DA Morgan — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 12:27:31 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > DA Morgan said: > >>Your question, as stated reads roughly as ... I am thinking about >>buying a vehicle with wheels. Should I get a BMW, an 18 wheeler, a >>train, or a 747-300. > > > Or you could buy Oracle, which does absolutely everything. And it would be unbreakable. ;-) -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

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Michael Krzepkowski — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 21:19:10 GMT — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

DA Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > >> DA Morgan said: >> >>> Your question, as stated reads roughly as ... I am thinking about >>> buying a vehicle with wheels. Should I get a BMW, an 18 wheeler, a >>> train, or a 747-300. >> >> >> >> Or you could buy Oracle, which does absolutely everything. > > > And it would be unbreakable. ;-) But it does not run from the same code base. (Just couldn't resist).

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Art S. Kagel — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 18:03:43 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

DA Morgan wrote: > Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > >> DA Morgan said: >> >>> Your question, as stated reads roughly as ... I am thinking about >>> buying a vehicle with wheels. Should I get a BMW, an 18 wheeler, a >>> train, or a 747-300. >> >> >> >> Or you could buy Oracle, which does absolutely everything. > > > And it would be unbreakable. ;-) Like a concrete canoe? A steel kite? A petrified egg? Art S. Kagel

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DA Morgan — Mon, 11 Apr 2005 16:56:54 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Michael Krzepkowski wrote: > DA Morgan wrote: > >> Obnoxio The Chav wrote: >> >>> DA Morgan said: >>> >>>> Your question, as stated reads roughly as ... I am thinking about >>>> buying a vehicle with wheels. Should I get a BMW, an 18 wheeler, a >>>> train, or a 747-300. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Or you could buy Oracle, which does absolutely everything. >> >> >> >> And it would be unbreakable. ;-) > > But it does not run from the same code base. > (Just couldn't resist). Actually it does. Thursday of last week we had a workshop at Oracle Day where we took a table partition in Redhat Linux and, using transportable tablespaces, moved it into Windows. Later I moved it to a Macintosh without a single issue. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace 'x' with 'u' to respond)

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Captain Pedantic — Tue, 12 Apr 2005 08:19:00 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Michael Krzepkowski" <mkrzepkowski@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:iRB6e.964458$8l.482523@pd7tw1no... > DA Morgan wrote: >> Obnoxio The Chav wrote: >> >>> DA Morgan said: >>> >>>> Your question, as stated reads roughly as ... I am thinking about >>>> buying a vehicle with wheels. Should I get a BMW, an 18 wheeler, a >>>> train, or a 747-300. >>> >>> >>> >>> Or you could buy Oracle, which does absolutely everything. >> >> >> And it would be unbreakable. ;-) > But it does not run from the same code base. And what's more, DB2 actually heals itself!