Re: Web Site ideal system: Oracle vs. Illustra and Sun vs. Silicon Graphics

Aaron, 70% of all WEB sites that use a database use Illustra, what does that tell you? Look at www.coldwellbanker.com and see what is posible, there is a long list of prominant companies using Illustra look at www.illustra.com for a complete list. Real life examples are better than oracle promises. -- John Regep, || _______ || ZenaComp, Incorporated Information Consultant || -----/ / || 17187 N.Laurel Park Dr. #351 jregep@zenacomp.com || / /______ || Livonia, Michigan 48152 1-(313)-464-3700 || -------- || FAX (313)-464-3730 http://www.zenacomp.com/~zenacomp Aaron D. Gross (aaron.g@ix.netcom.com) wrote: : My company is entertaining proposals from two vendors : for a web site solution. : One vendor is pushing Oracle 7.3 Universal Server, : Designer 2000 on a Sun Sparc 50 platform. : The other vendor is pushing Informix/Illustra and : WebFORCE on a SGI server. : Until today, I hadn't heard of Designer 2000. : WebFORCE, on the other hand, appears to have : an excellent reputation. Another consideration : is that, as a company, the enterprise is moving : toward Oracle. Yet, since the web server will : not be connected to our production systems, it : will probably be just taking nightly batch imports : generated by SQL, anyway, so the actual database : is less of an issue... or is it? : I have to admit my bias is a bit more toward Informix, : as I have experience being burned by Oracle's juggernaut : sales staff. But I want to keep an open mind. : Any feedback by email would be most appreciated. : Some major decisions are being made Monday morning : and there isn't much time left.