Re: informix market share

DA Morgan said: > > Michael Segel wrote: >> Serge Rielau wrote: >> >> >>>DA Morgan wrote: >>> >>>>Serge Rielau wrote: >>>>I didn't make the comparison ... I asked a question ... too nuanced >>>>for you? >>> >>>*lol* I quote: >>>"But wouldn't a more accurate comparison of IDS to Oracle be with >>>Oracle's Standard Edition?" >>>Daniel, I may not be a native speaker, but I know the different between >>>a question and suggestion. >>>"Wouldn't it be accurate to say that you are a hypocrite?" >>>.. not that I'm saying you are of course... ;-) >>> >> >> Seems kuje DA Morgan overspoke. >> OSE is limited to 4CPUs whether SMP or clustered. IDS? Not so limited. >> >> Seems that platform bigotry got in the way. >> >> Now if you want a better comparision to SQLServer, just look at Derby. >> ;-) > > Not at all. I never once said IDS was equivalent to Oracle SE: > Not EE. I asked a question that so far not one of you has had > the ability to answer. > > Try to the Carl Rove method if you like but the question still stands. > And so far the one or two things you have pointed two could just as > easily be responded two with one or two things Oracle SE does that IDS > can't even dream of doing such as RAC. So ... either answer the question > directly or acknowledge that you can't ... or won't. > > Again: Is there a feature comparison chart published anywhere? www.iiug.org/resources/articles/IDS10vsOracle10g.pdf -- Bye now, Obnoxio "C'est pas parce qu'on n'a rien ` dire qu'il faut fermer sa gueule" - Coluche did i mention i like nulls? heck, i even go so far as to say that all columns in a table except the primary key could/should be nullable. this has certain advantages, for example, if you need to insert a child record and you don't have a parent row for it, just do an insert into the parent table with the primary key value (everything else null), and voila, relational integrity is preserved. but this is, admittedly, a bit controversial among modellers. --r937, dbforums.com sending to informix-list

Obnoxio The Clown wrote: >>Again: Is there a feature comparison chart published anywhere? > > > www.iiug.org/resources/articles/IDS10vsOracle10g.pdf Thank you. -- Daniel A. Morgan http://www.psoug.org damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)