Re: Fact???

Posted in 1998

Peter Lancashire — Fri, 29 May 1998 12:41:10 +0100 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

Carlos Benjamin wrote: > > On Thursday, May 28, 1998 2:49 PM, Jamie Nash [SMTP:jnash@protek.co.uk] wrote: > > > > > >: Give Oracle credit, they may not have the 'best' database on the > > >: market, but they're obviously *far* superior on the 'business' side than > > >: Informix. > > > > > >Not really. Oracle went through similar turmoil some years ago for > > >"questionable" recognition of revenue. They will have the same situation > > as > > >Informix this past quarter if they decide to change the revenue recognition > > >policy as did Informix. > > > > > > > > > Listen, I am an Informix person through and through, infact I've never > > touched an Oracle system. However, I KNOW that Oracle is superior to > > Informix, its a fact. In the UK last year there was something like 50000 > > Oracle Dev jobs advertised last year, whereas Informix had around 8000. > > 50000 can't be wrong (I want them to be though) > > > > Jamie > > So, if all of your friends decide to jump of a bridge does that mean you should > too? > > Signed, Mom > > I hope you don't make all your decisions in such a vaccuum. A fact is a fact > because it is true, not because a certain percentage of the populace believes > it to be so. > > Then again..... Perhaps the world actually WAS flat at one time, and then (when > the tide of public opinion turned) it suddenly inflated one day! And on that > day, Columbus sailed (no one sailed before that either - another well-known > fact). > > Somewhat sincerely, > carlos I think Archimedes with his well and obelisk got there first on the flat earth question. History remembers the brave pioneers, not the deluded masses. -- Peter Lancashire Information Systems Specialist, Bayer plc Eastern Way, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP32 7AH, UK Tel: +44-1635-562258, Fax: +44-1635-562281 Mail: Peter.Lancashire.PL1@bayer.co.uk --- My Internet plumbing does not allow me to mail and post news together. Sorry. All opinions are my own and not those of Bayer plc. --- Join Infuse, the UK Informix User Group at http://www.infuse.org.uk/