Re: Senior Oracle DBA now Learning Informix by Request

> > > > I stand correct. Simply put ... the fact was, for rather obvious > > reasons, not common knowledge at Microsoft and not in their best > > interests to acknowledge. > > > > I am aware of quite a few other companies use competitor's software > > that, for similar reasons, they don't prefer to discuss. > >Man, are you as dense as you assume others to be. I was feeling bad >yesterday for insulting you, but you sure insist on that. > And it took you this long to determine that? ;-) >Pls tell what is preventing Oracle from discussing it. Do you think >they agreed to do a favor to MS. How much Oracle stands to gain >by making it public. Think about it. Every competitive situation they >are in with MS for SAP, it will help them. > The only real "favor" that Larry did Bill was to convince the world that databases are a commodity. But lets get real. Thats how they can compete. >This looney bin theory of yours is no better than Jews did 9/11 theory >which did the rounds shortly after 9.11. > Uh oh. Somebody's been watching Borat. (Sasha Cohen). What's next? You chasing Daniel around a Microsoft Company meeting in the nude waving a "fist" shaped dildo? (Sorry for those who haven't yet seen it, that was just one of the funny bits!) >Simply put, you are a man of no integrity, and shall I say even >basis intelligence. Who would take the words of friends at a bar >seriously and go about posting it in forum jeaporadising their >reputation. You are doing it for the last two years. > >Finally isn't it strange that a person who can not provide proof >demands from others who say that Informix is better than Oracle. > >What to hear some more. An ex-Oracle employee (3yrs in Oracle >India and 3 yrs in USA) told me that back in India, Reliance Industry >was using Informix for SAP. When IBM bought Informix, thanks to >the FUD, they decided to migrate to Oracle. The migration took >place in UAT environment and was soundly rejected by the users >because the performance sucked beyond tolerance. So Oracle >gurus came from B'lore and did some tuning. Second round of >UAT testing. Again - performance sucked. Some heads rolled. >Finally the third attempt was successful. We will not mention >irrelevant facts like that the hardware used in the third attempt >was vastly superior tothe one they were comparing with >(where Informix was running). > LOL... Too much fun on this topic. >Does Oracle has a concept of VP class of processes, like CPU VP >of Informix and any built in scheduler. Any comp science student >will love the Informix VP architecture. > > Oracle's architecture is very strange. I don't want to bash it too hard because it may just seem like a cluster fsck because its foriegn. _________________________________________________________________ Dave vs. Carl: The Insignificant Championship Series. 'Who will win? http://clk.atdmt.com/MSN/go/msnnkwsp0070000001msn/direct/01/?href=http://davevscarl.spaces.live.com/?icid=T001MSN38C07001