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

On 11 Apr 97 at 20:27, Igor Chudov @ home wrote: > I have been asked to do a comparison of captioned database engines, > to choose a database server for a medium size database (less than 2GB, > about 60-100 tables). Any one of them will do it. > I would appreciate both pointers to professionally done comparisons, as > well as your personal opinions on performance and reliabiilty of these > systems. Professional? From *me*? :-) > There is a special emphasis made on reliability, so your accounts of > problems and crashes will be much appreciated. Oh yes, the hardware > will likely be Sun or IBM RS6000. Well, that cuts out SQL Server doesn't it? My personal advice would be Informix on RS/6000 - it's been a platform that has always worked exceptionally well for me. I wouldn't be posting on comp.databases.informix if I wasn't an Informix fan, so that covers my database choice... :-) -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ground and ear to the grindstone in: Johannesburg I believe they're now paying huge sums for sperm donations. Hell, if I think of the money I've let slip through my fingers...