Re: informix and oracle

I heartily agree with Art. Having used most of the major DBs (as well as quite a number of off-brand), Informix' technology wins in most cases. That being said, the answer is (of course :-), it depends...what kind of application; what development environment; what performance do you need; what are your hardware constraints; what is the expertise level of your systems and DB staff... 'Tis the age old debate: go with the market leader OR go with what is appropriate. -d Art S. Kagel wrote in message <34B14C0C.2963@bloomberg.com>... >Yan Zhu wrote: >> >> hi all: >> I am a newbie to database servers. my company needs to decide between >> informix or oracle server, could some one give me a list of pro and >> cons of informix vs oracle? >> >> Thanks a bunch. please email to yan@wwisp.com > >I have been working with database server products for over 125 years. I >have used Oracle, Sybase, Informix, Ingres, Progress, etc. When I have >a choice I use Informix. For performance, standards adherence, safety, >features, support; in short everywhere that it counts, Informix as a >company and as a product are out in front of the competition! We use >Informix here at Bloomberg as well as Oracle. Informix for production >database, Oracle for data warehouse systems mainly to have a foot at >both vendors. > >Art S. Kagel