Re: Informix Evaluation

MMuller@fitpra.tpra.fmi.com wrote: : > nadir@starcore.cris.com (Nadir Khalid Elzein) writes: : > My company is evaluating commercial databases. My professor has strongly : > recommended Informix. The company does online services and response : > times are really critical. : Never rely on your professor for critical advice. Academics don't live in or : have to make money in the real world. Not too helpful, huh? And not true, either. Well, INFORMIX online is a very fast database server. ESQL-C allows to put powerful database commands in your C code. And I4GL is a buggy, sluggish monster which allows to write buggy, sluggish, informixish standard apllications in no time while driving you crazy if you want more. Not too helpful, but treu :-) Regards Olaf -- -- Olaf Brandes "There are a finite number of jokes in the universe." TU Berlin David Byrne