Re: Satisfaction with Informix
Clem Akins wrote: > > Pranadjaja comments: > >On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Thomas A. Yasko wrote: > >> Curious: How satisfied are y'all with Informix? How would you rate it? > >> (on a scale of 1 to 5, with five being excellent and 1 being not at > >> all) What are using for clients? Web front end? Java enabled client? > >> Packaged client? > > I'm thrilled to pieces with Informix! I rate it a solid 4+, and enjoy it > so much that I just accepted a new position there. I like using the web > front end tools the most, and we use them internally and externally. Just > yesterday I was very excited to see a database-interactive course evaluation > system written with the Universal Data tools. > > [...] > This is Informix's bugbear. As the "technology leader" in databases, > the company goes to enormous lengths to make a product that is "better" > than the competition. The architectural changes that went into the > product to make the DSA were so profound that Informix's main competitor > risked lawsuit and physical abuse to hire away the brains behind the > effort. Now they are working diligently to catch up with this now-proven > technology. > > Informix wants its RDBMS products to be seen as the premier database, one > that customers will be happy to have when it comes time to "bet the > business" on the system. This is what Bob Finoccio, the new president > and CEO, means when he says that Informix is a "high end" company--at all > scales, from tiny systems to huge ones. You don't fancy a job in marketing do you Clem? ;-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com FAQ http://www.iiug.org |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 11 807 2594 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+