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

Summary

Joke exchange from a thread comparing DB2, Informix and Oracle. DA Morgan quipped Oracle would be unbreakable. Michael Krzepkowski said it does not run from the same code base, and DA Morgan replied that transportable tablespaces moved a partition from Linux to Windows and Macintosh. Art Kagel and Captain Pedantic added sarcastic remarks. No technical resolution.

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Topics: General Discussion

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!