Re: Informix compared to other RDBMS
From: cdlvj810@my-deja.com > >In article <374C298B.6F30540C@bdsinc.com>, > Brian Winant <bwinant@bdsinc.com> wrote: > > What are the advantages / disadvantages of Informix compared to other > > database systems such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc? > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > bwinant@bdsinc.com > > >For one, ease of programming. ESQL is easy to implement which I can say >for Oracle, it is not. Actually, Pro*C is the easiest Oracle tool to implement. The others are much, much worse. But my biggest problem with Oracle is that it's damn difficult and counter-intuitive to work with. You need a lot more manpower to run Oracle than Informix. And horsepower, too! :-) ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Yep, there are two reasons: Oracle --- marketing IBM --- name recognition Duncan Kinder wrote in message <374eb4b2.0@news.mountain.net>... >I purchased the $99 dollar Informix for Linux because my survey of the >Informix books on Amazon.com suggested that a reasonably intelligent fellow >could make a go of it with Informix while I essentially would have to >abandon everything else if I went with Oracle. > >However, folks, let's face it. Oracle and IBM have a bigger market share. >There must be a reason. > >-- >Regards, > >Duncan C. Kinder >dckinder@mountain.net > > >Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:7iicg7$g0v$1@news.xmission.com... >> >> From: cdlvj810@my-deja.com >> > >> >In article <374C298B.6F30540C@bdsinc.com>, >> > Brian Winant <bwinant@bdsinc.com> wrote: >> > > What are the advantages / disadvantages of Informix compared to other >> > > database systems such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc? >> > > Any help would be appreciated. >> > > >> > > bwinant@bdsinc.com >> > > >> >For one, ease of programming. ESQL is easy to implement which I can say >> >for Oracle, it is not. >> >> Actually, Pro*C is the easiest Oracle tool to implement. The others are >> much, much worse. But my biggest problem with Oracle is that it's damn >> difficult and counter-intuitive to work with. You need a lot more manpower >> to run Oracle than Informix. And horsepower, too! :-) >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >
Yep, there are two reasons: Oracle --- marketing IBM --- name recognition Duncan Kinder wrote in message <374eb4b2.0@news.mountain.net>... >I purchased the $99 dollar Informix for Linux because my survey of the >Informix books on Amazon.com suggested that a reasonably intelligent fellow >could make a go of it with Informix while I essentially would have to >abandon everything else if I went with Oracle. > >However, folks, let's face it. Oracle and IBM have a bigger market share. >There must be a reason. > >-- >Regards, > >Duncan C. Kinder >dckinder@mountain.net > > >Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message >news:7iicg7$g0v$1@news.xmission.com... >> >> From: cdlvj810@my-deja.com >> > >> >In article <374C298B.6F30540C@bdsinc.com>, >> > Brian Winant <bwinant@bdsinc.com> wrote: >> > > What are the advantages / disadvantages of Informix compared to other >> > > database systems such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc? >> > > Any help would be appreciated. >> > > >> > > bwinant@bdsinc.com >> > > >> >For one, ease of programming. ESQL is easy to implement which I can say >> >for Oracle, it is not. >> >> Actually, Pro*C is the easiest Oracle tool to implement. The others are >> much, much worse. But my biggest problem with Oracle is that it's damn >> difficult and counter-intuitive to work with. You need a lot more manpower >> to run Oracle than Informix. And horsepower, too! :-) >> >> >> ______________________________________________________ >> Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > >
I purchased the $99 dollar Informix for Linux because my survey of the Informix books on Amazon.com suggested that a reasonably intelligent fellow could make a go of it with Informix while I essentially would have to abandon everything else if I went with Oracle. However, folks, let's face it. Oracle and IBM have a bigger market share. There must be a reason. -- Regards, Duncan C. Kinder dckinder@mountain.net Obnoxio The Clown <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:7iicg7$g0v$1@news.xmission.com... > > From: cdlvj810@my-deja.com > > > >In article <374C298B.6F30540C@bdsinc.com>, > > Brian Winant <bwinant@bdsinc.com> wrote: > > > What are the advantages / disadvantages of Informix compared to other > > > database systems such as Oracle, Sybase, DB2, etc? > > > Any help would be appreciated. > > > > > > bwinant@bdsinc.com > > > > >For one, ease of programming. ESQL is easy to implement which I can say > >for Oracle, it is not. > > Actually, Pro*C is the easiest Oracle tool to implement. The others are > much, much worse. But my biggest problem with Oracle is that it's damn > difficult and counter-intuitive to work with. You need a lot more manpower > to run Oracle than Informix. And horsepower, too! :-) > > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com