Re: Which Unix DBMS?

Posted in 1995

Tim Zingelman - AD/Controls, FermiLab — 14 Jul 1995 14:47 CST — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <DBK263.J1t@sybase.com>, jbrendan@sybase.com (Brendan McKelvey) writes... >The following are my opinions, not those of Sybase..... > >|> >For mixed hosts (Unix, VMS) use Oracle. >|> Informix doesn't run on VMS, so Oracle may be your only choice there. > >What if "mixed hosts" includes NT/Novell/Windows? Sybase runs on VMS, >many flavors of Unix, NT/Novell, and Windows (with Watcom)? I say for >mixed hosts use Sybase. Sybase runs on VMS today, but NOT tomorrow! I was told at the most recent Sybase developers conference that Sybase System 11 WILL NOT BE RELEASED for VAX/VMS, and that System 11 will most likely be the LAST RELEASED VERSION for ALPHA/VMS. (ALPHA/Digital-UNIX support remains.) >|> Randall Rhea Systems Engineer >|> Informix Software randall@informix.com >|> > >Brendan McKelvey (jbrendan) Mail : brendan.mckelvey@sybase.com >Sybase Open Solutions - Var/Channels >77 South Bedford St. 2nd Floor Phone: 1-617-564-6186 >Burlington, MA 01803 Fax: 1-617-229-9845 "Tim Zingelman" <zingelman@fnal.gov> The preceeding are my opinions only.