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

Posted in 1997

Pablo Sanchez — 26 Nov 1997 07:28:33 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>>>>> "Greg" == Greg <greg@cyberramp.net> writes: Greg> Greg> Greg> Same reason practically noone writes assembler anymore. Works great if Greg> you futz with it enough. No one can afford to futz with it enough Greg> though. It's just not economic to do so. Unfortunately for Sybase, Greg> they're learning this the hard way. Greg> ... let's make it easy... why is Sybase's TPC-C's higher than Informix? They're both OLTP? As I said, row-level vs page-level is hype. -- 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 ]