Re: Informix ISell Value?
In article <8jchkh$bhu$1@news.xmission.com>, obnoxio@hotmail.com says... > > From: Mike Segel <Postmaster@iiug.iiug.org> > > > >Benchmarks? > >BENCHMARKS? > > > >Son, don't you know that none of Informix's current clients ever bought > >anything due to a benchmark? > > Absolutely. Benchmarks are a totally irrelevant waste of time, that no one > pays the slightest attention to. I know about one little telecomm company in Germany that made 500 million DEM hardware decision based on Informix "BENCHMARKS?" Compaq guys there still love me for that one, Daddy. > >Now I wonder what the other 96% of the market was thinking. > > They're all just dumb. That's why they don't have the remaining 4% of the > market. Yeah, silly. They are probably Germans. This guys know nothing about technology, that must be it... > >But then again. I should be fair. Rumor has it that they don't have the > >staff who could do a simple thing like a TPC-C benchmark on Linux. One year > >and > >counting. > > I think they have the capability, but lack the inclination. Why, is entirely > beyond me. Informix tuning guys (on top level) in the field are good (most parts of Europe, Japan, US, AU), but real stuff is in dev., and they never go out, not for Deutsche Telecomm or anyone else. I can only confirm that they do "BENCHMARKS?" for themselves. They also do nice ONCONFIG files with magic tricks in them that may help if you can get them. Man, (Daddy) there is about 1:1 ratio between documented and undocumented stuff there... Yours, Andrej Falout, http://www.falout.com ICQ 7628616 #----------------------------------------------------------------- globals "I_speak_for_myself.4gl" On Sears hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping On a hotel-provided shower cap in a box: Fits one head. On Tesco's tiramisu desert: Do not turn upside-down (printed on the bottom of the box)
In article <MPG.13c7ef636dc6dbfa9896e6@news.xtra.co.nz>, Andrej Falout <afalout@xtra.co.nz> writes >Informix tuning guys (on top level) in the field are good (most parts of >Europe, Japan, US, AU), but real stuff is in dev., and they never go >out, not for Deutsche Telecomm or anyone else. I can only confirm that >they do "BENCHMARKS?" for themselves. They also do nice ONCONFIG files >with magic tricks in them that may help if you can get them. > >Man, (Daddy) there is about 1:1 ratio between documented and >undocumented stuff there... > Well, what do you know we don't?? I'll add it to the 'undocumented' area of the FAQ.. >Yours, Andrej Falout, http://www.falout.com ICQ 7628616 >#----------------------------------------------------------------- >globals "I_speak_for_myself.4gl" > >On Sears hair dryer: Do not use while sleeping >On a hotel-provided shower cap in a box: Fits one head. >On Tesco's tiramisu desert: Do not turn upside-down (printed on > the bottom of the box) > > -- David Williams