Re: Informix beats Oracle

Posted in 2007

Neil Truby — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 04:39:43 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"DA Morgan" <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote in message news:1182183373.982700@bubbleator.drizzle.com... > Dirk Moolman wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: informix-list-bounces@iiug.org >> [mailto:informix-list-bounces@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Data Cruncher >> Sent: 17 June 2007 10:33 PM >> To: informix-list@iiug.org >> Subject: Re: Informix beats Oracle > No CTO has ever purchased an RDBMS based on efficient use of CPU. > Instead of following the bouncing ball how about asking IBM to make the > same changes to Informix they just made to Viper 2 so it will support > major business applications? Not quite sure what the "bouncing ball" metaphor means but, if you're saying we Informix fans would be better off pleading for more ISV exposure than for ever-greater tech features, and accepting the premise that it's either/or, you may be right.

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DA Morgan — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 08:21:22 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > Not quite sure what the "bouncing ball" metaphor means but, if you're saying > we Informix fans would be better off pleading for more ISV exposure than for > ever-greater tech features, and accepting the premise that it's either/or, > you may be right. My point is that if your marketshare becomes small enough ... ask the WordPerfect folks ... having the better product is irrelevant. It might interest some to look follow this link I found in the DB2 usenet group this morning. http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=507466 And then the comments of a member of the DB2 team that follow it at comp.databases.ibm-db2. -- Daniel A. Morgan University of Washington damorgan@x.washington.edu (replace x with u to respond)

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Tool — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 09:13:21 -0700 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Daniel, thanks for the information! I can now update my statistics! I loved WordPerfect too. DA Morgan wrote: > Neil Truby wrote: > >> Not quite sure what the "bouncing ball" metaphor means but, if you're >> saying we Informix fans would be better off pleading for more ISV >> exposure than for ever-greater tech features, and accepting the >> premise that it's either/or, you may be right. > > My point is that if your marketshare becomes small enough ... ask the > WordPerfect folks ... having the better product is irrelevant. > > It might interest some to look follow this link I found in the DB2 > usenet group this morning. > > http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=507466 > > And then the comments of a member of the DB2 team that follow it at > comp.databases.ibm-db2.