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On Thursday, May 28, 1998 2:49 PM, Jamie Nash [SMTP:jnash@protek.co.uk] wrote: > > > >: Give Oracle credit, they may not have the 'best' database on the > >: market, but they're obviously *far* superior on the 'business' side than > >: Informix. > > > >Not really. Oracle went through similar turmoil some years ago for > >"questionable" recognition of revenue. They will have the same situation > as > >Informix this past quarter if they decide to change the revenue recognition > >policy as did Informix. > > > > > Listen, I am an Informix person through and through, infact I've never > touched an Oracle system. However, I KNOW that Oracle is superior to > Informix, its a fact. In the UK last year there was something like 50000 > Oracle Dev jobs advertised last year, whereas Informix had around 8000. > 50000 can't be wrong (I want them to be though) > > Jamie So, if all of your friends decide to jump of a bridge does that mean you should too? Signed, Mom I hope you don't make all your decisions in such a vaccuum. A fact is a fact because it is true, not because a certain percentage of the populace believes it to be so. Then again..... Perhaps the world actually WAS flat at one time, and then (when the tide of public opinion turned) it suddenly inflated one day! And on that day, Columbus sailed (no one sailed before that either - another well-known fact). Somewhat sincerely, carlos