Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. SQL Server vs. Oracle

Yes. 'FUD' and ease of use are important prods in small companies. And the per seat licensing costs drive the initial investment for servers sky high. Earlier 'bad' design decisions can also cloud the water for new development. And then there are the personnel issues of retraining or hiring a new staff... Seth Grimes wrote in message <68u0u4$a19@cssun.mathcs.emory.edu>... >>The question is where you want to draw the line between performance / >> reliability and cost. When cost isn't a a factor SGI's or any other vendor's, >> 64-bit Unix, higher end machine, could give a fantastic performance. >1 FUD -- fear, uncertainty, and doubt. Microsoft is a master of FUD. > >2 Perception of ease of use and ease of administration.