Re: URGENT: What is INFORMIX?

Posted in 1999

Obnoxio The Clown — Sun, 25 Apr 1999 18:02:24 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

From: "GTIDuffel" <GTID.Van.Vliet@village.uunet.be> > >URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ > >Who can explain me what INFORMIX is really all about? I would like to know >in a few sentences what the main features of INFORMIX are. What kind of >program is INFORMIX? What does it really do? Are there any other look-a-like >programs, and so on. Informix is a software vendor that developed a relational database that has undergone many name changes. There is a core relational server and two main extensions, namely Universal Data Option which allows more flexibility within the engine, and the Extended Parallel Option, which supports clustering for really large decision support systems. It's core purpose is managing data. There are a couple of lookalikes, namely Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server, but they're terrible and I wouldn't bother with them... :-) You should find more information at http://www.informix.com HTH. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com

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cdlvj810@my-dejanews.com — Wed, 28 Apr 1999 20:33:32 GMT — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

In article <7fvm61$atn$1@news.xmission.com>, "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: "GTIDuffel" <GTID.Van.Vliet@village.uunet.be> > > > >URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ URGENT _ > > > >Who can explain me what INFORMIX is really all about? I would like to > know > >in a few sentences what the main features of INFORMIX are. What kind > of > >program is INFORMIX? What does it really do? Are there any other > look-a-like > >programs, and so on. > > Informix is a software vendor that developed a relational database > that has undergone many name changes. There is a core relational > server and two main extensions, namely Universal Data Option which > allows more flexibility within the engine, and the Extended Parallel > Option, which supports clustering for really large decision support > systems. > > It's core purpose is managing data. There are a couple of lookalikes, > namely Oracle, Sybase and SQL Server, but they're terrible and I > wouldn't bother with them... :-) I agree with you 1000%. The others are CRAP, and very difficult to work with. > > You should find more information at http://www.informix.com > > HTH. > > ______________________________________________________ > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==---------- http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own