Oracle vs Informix

I am posting a query for my wife, whose organization does not have news set up. Please respond to gcollier@tenet.edu. You can also respond to me and I will forward any responses. Thanks. > If you have used either Oracle, Informix or both, please continue > reading. > We are in the process of evaluating these products and would greatly > appreciate any input as to the advantages and disadvantages of each. > If you have used both products recently, then your opinions will be > of high value to us. > We will be installing the product on a RISC 6000/560 with AIX 3.2. > Our initial purchase will include only the basics, as we are just > trying to get our foot in the door and get a relational database > on our system. Any information as to what you love, hate or are > indifferent to towards these products will be welcomed. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mark D. Collier Southwest Research Institute Senior Research Analyst Automation and Data Systems Division Voice: (512) 522-3437 Data Systems Department FAX: (512) 522-5499 Software Engineering Section ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~