RE: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix.
Not a technical support thread — it's an opinion/advocacy discussion about IBM's marketing commitment to Informix. One poster laments the lack of published benchmarks proving IDS beats Oracle on performance, uptime and maintenance, and recalls trying unsuccessfully around 1998 to get Informix to run a low-cost Intel/Linux TPC-style benchmark, arguing Informix lacked hardware-vendor ties and vision, while Oracle remains the 'safe bet'. The remaining replies drift into off-topic car analogies (Ford vs Porsche) with links to a motoring forum. No technical problem is posed and no resolution is recorded.
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> Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 08:21:58 -0500 > Subject: Re: Why you can't trust IBM when it comes to committing to Informix. > From: floyd@fwellers.com > I wish IBM would work toward providing some practical proof of how much > better IDS is than Oracle, at least in terms of performance, uptime and > ease of maintenance. I also wish they would get more market share and make > it easier for a development team to feel like they can have more choices > in third party tools and product knowledgeable developers. Unfortunately you're not going to see it. I tried very hard to get Informix to do a benchmark of IDS on Linux back in '98 time frame. They wouldn't go for it. The concept was to take a normal off the shelf intel based server and crank out the numbers. Due to the low cost in hardware and reasonable cost of the software, you could break the $1.00 per transaction level. (It has since been done by Microsoft, but at the time it hadn't.) No one at Informix had the vision or the balls to go for it. And of course, since they didn't have a strong relationship with a hardware vendor, they didn't *do* benchmarks. The problem is that in today's marketplace, you take a crippled product and pump it up with hardware to get your numbers. Oracle is today's safe bet. Not the best performer, but then again, Ford sells more cars than Porche, but which would you rather drive? -G _________________________________________________________________ Watch “Cause Effect,” a show about real people making a real difference. Learn more. http://im.live.com/Messenger/IM/MTV/?source=text_watchcause
Ian Michael Gumby wrote: > The problem is that in today's marketplace, you take a crippled product > and pump it up with hardware to get your numbers. > Oracle is today's safe bet. Not the best performer, but then again, Ford > sells more cars than Porche, but which would you rather drive? Things are not always as they seem: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=505403 -- Serge Rielau DB2 Solutions Development IBM Toronto Lab
Serge Rielau said: > Ian Michael Gumby wrote: >> The problem is that in today's marketplace, you take a crippled product >> and pump it up with hardware to get your numbers. >> Oracle is today's safe bet. Not the best performer, but then again, Ford >> sells more cars than Porche, but which would you rather drive? > Things are not always as they seem: > http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?t=505403 I think this thread is more relevant: http://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&t=511542 Both Fords and Porsches fare rather worse than I think they'd hope. :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "There were a myriad of problems which conspired to corrupt your reason and rob you of your common sense. Fear got the best of you, and in your panic you turned to the Labour Party. They promised you order, they promised you peace, and all they demanded in return was your silent, obedient consent."