Re: Informix: First impressions

billy@west.co.za (Billy Wheeler) wrote: :> :> aak2@Ra.MsState.Edu (Atif Ahmad Khan) wrote: :> :> :After trying the Oracle trial versions on NT and Solaris x86 :> :I am completely disgusted with the product and the company :> :(they cant even write install scripts without making blunders) :> :and looking for a better solution. :> :> Very understandable (although it *is* better). :What's this, Nils, a touch of levity? :-) When you cut any post completly appart you can get strange meanings. It should be prety clear from mine that I meant Informix is better than Oracle :-) But the "Very understandable"-part didn't refer to the above quoted part either. That was a critisism of Informix. Allways make sure you critisise the best performer. They need to get better to stay ahead. :> You do also want to look into Illustra and Universal Server. That's a :> real revolution going on in the database industry now, and something :> you can't get anywhere but from Informix. It's likely to take the :> others years to get to the level these products represents. :Amen - this is where databases are going. Anybody have any idea on Illustra :pricing? Heard something like $1290 for something. Don't know how many users or what else is included though. Nils.Myklebust@ccmail.telemax.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company