Re: Oracle ?

Posted in 2004

rkusenet — Wed, 15 Dec 2004 20:13:33 -0500 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Dirk Moolman" <DirkM@mxgroup.co.za> wrote > But yes, I think once you really start tuning Oracle, you create more > work and maintenance for yourself. Very interesting. > > I think Informix is an excellent DB for large companies - very powerful, > and easier to maintain. This is consistent with what someone who worked with the world's largest retailer aka Walmart mentioned to me , in reponse to my post sometime back "has walmart.com dumped oracle in favour of Informix". I believe one of the reasons Walmart loves Informix is the absolute minimal DBA work required, as compared to Oracle. Unfortunately it has an undesriable side effect :- In the Job Market :-( rk-