RE: The world is really unstable these days......

Posted in 2005

malcolm weallans — Tue, 17 May 2005 19:54:34 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Bot those of us who have grown up know that there was computing before Informix and there will still be computing after Informix. And it is really ironic that the most technically competent database engines are still being used by some customers despite the repeated attempts of Informix, and latterly IBM, to kill it off. A Permanent Informix Bigot (not even retired) -----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Rob Vorbroker Sent: 17 May 2005 14:47 To: Simon Palmer; informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: The world is really unstable these days...... Alas to some everything ever written in computer history has Informix buried in it. Or rather RDS Software... While in my personal opinions I still believe that the Informix DB Engine is superior to Oracle, DB2 UDB and others on the Open Systems platform I have learned that this belief doesn't pay any of my bills. For the most part I have gone past this hurdle. Of course my first attempt was folly - I choose a DW/BI database to study and become proficient in only to see the same exact fate befall it (RedBrick) as happened to the Infomix core databases. Once again I believe that for most RedBrick is superior for any star or snowflake schema design DataMart or DataWarehouse. It is not meant to be an Enterprise Data Warehouse database - you can argue if there truly is a best database for that type of crystaline design Data Warehouse. Isn't it ironic that arguably the most successful database post Big Blue buyout is the little engine that could - Java compliant Cloudscape? When I can find work in it I will continue to work with Informix products but the people who send me bills each month don't care about the rest. I continue to troll this newsgroup mostly because of the relationships and the fact that I can contribute from time to time. And yes I still learn things from the masters (Thanks Art, Madison, etc.) Rob Vorbroker Infomix Bigot - Retired sending to informix-list sending to informix-list