Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

>>>>> "David" == David Williams <djw@smooth1.demon.co.uk> writes: David> David> I'm the new keeper of the Informix FAQ and I agree with almost Welcome... you should consider joining the FAQ-maintainers list. Let me know if you need this information (pablo@sgi.com). David> all of your points (altough I hate Oracle). I don't hate Oracle. I do call it The Beast. I do not like their marketing... it's really cut throat. I cannot have an opinion on one RDBMS over another... we're a hardware company and if your shop wants Informix & SGI, I'm there with ya... if your shop wants Sybase ... anyway, you get my drift. >> >> Ask how Oracle does serializability... >> David> Yeach! Yeach is right! Can you say *table locks*? David> PS As a reader of c.d.s perhaps we should pool or OS knwoledge David> after all Informix/Sybase both demand similar things from an OS.... Certainly. I want to learn more about Informix. I would be a fool to claim that I know it well. Please feel free to contact me when you get a chance... I'm on vaca this week (can't ya tell? :-)) and next week is hell (back in Mtn View) and the week after next is (sh!) s'more Oracle training. -- Pablo Sanchez | Ph # (650) 933.3812 Fax # (650) 933.2821 pablo@sgi.com | Pg # (800) 930.5635 -or- pablo_p@pager.sgi.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am accountable for my actions. http://reality.sgi.com/pablo [ /Sybase_FAQ ]