Re: Informix to Oracle Migration

"DA Morgan" <damorgan@x.washington.edu> wrote in message news:1112795987.285122@yasure... > r.a.reissaus@risdi.com wrote: > > > [snipp] > > > >>Obnoxio The Chav wrote: > >> > >>>DA Morgan said: > >>> > >>> > >>>>Girish wrote: > >>>> > >>> > >>In other words: Congratulations you are locked in. Help increase > >>Oracle's GPM with your support contract :-) > >> > >>Cheers > >>Serge > > > > Or; asthe 1st repondent said: > > "KACHING!!!!" > > And WHY would you want to migrate this to Oracle. Does your company > > have too much money? > > Regards, > > Robert A. Reissaus > > IBM/Informix Consultant > > Amsterdam > > the Netherlands > > What makes you think Oracle costs more than Informix? Um - needs more people to tune it and keep it running, developers cost more, and it's expensive to buy? And that's on a new site. You're surely not suggesting that a port to Oracle., plus training, new staff and licencing costs is likely to cost less?