Re: Opinions on Informix

"Arturo Rodr'guez Mutis" wrote: > > Well, Baan is not a database, is an ERP, and as far as I'm concerned, Informix > integrates quite transparently with Baan, and frankly, I don't like the idea of No, Baan is not a database. Baan is a company that wrote a database. It was called T-Base or something, and was used by their ERP package. Anyway, it was pretty much a flat file system, and in these days of relational technology, they decided to throw it away and ship one of the market leading RDBMSs.... Yes, you guessed it, Informix. > a database company that also makes an ERP (remember MS). There is clearly an > interest conflict. It was more like an ERP company that also made a database. Although I HAVE heard of a database company that makes financial packages and the like. :-) Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ |Mark D. Stock - Informix SA http://www.informix.com |//////// /| |mailto:mdstock@informix.com http://www.informix.com/idn |///// / //| |http://www.iiug.org +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | Tel: +27 11 807 0313 |If it's slow, the users complain. |/// / ////| | Fax: +27 838250 2325 |If it's fast, the users keep quiet.|// / /////| |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Therefore, "No news: travels fast"!|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+