Re: Informix stock

Arun Shastry wrote: [SNIP] > That said, informix 7.30 on NT is one kick ass server. One of > the main complaints I used to hear in the past was Informix's > lack of tools, but 7.30 has some really cool tools on NT. So > much so, we migrated most of our backoffice apps. from SQL > to Informix and our performance monitor no longer shows a > constat CPU usage line at 100%! > > SQL server cannot scale beyond 10GB, and if you miss running > checkpoints on any large table, be prepared for unpredictable > results(e.g. one of my clients' table had an identity field, similar > to serial in Informix, and the value was reset without any warning!) > One of other clients had about 10 simultaneous executions of a > very simple stored procedure and each user had to wait an average > of 3 minutes for a response! Need I say more, I can go on forever!! > > And God help you getting support from Microsoft with SQL server, > there's simply no comparison for Informix's support, if you've paid > for it that is. [SNIP] Well said Arun, and thanks. Don't let Boris get to you. He is a net-baiter and goes from newsgroup to newsgroup baiting the regular denizens. He shows up about every 6 months. We usually just ignore him. All except Mikey who seems to enjoy baiting him back. Art S. Kagel