Re: Informix 4GL. A Future? - Part II

Hi Billy. In article <6398.365.uupcb@digitec.co.za> billy.wheeler@digitec.co.za (Billy Wheeler) writes:>From: billy.wheeler@digitec.co.za (Billy Wheeler) >Subject: Re: Informix 4GL. A Future? - Part II >Date: 25 Apr 95 12:27:00 GMT >-> First impressions truly are lasting impressions. It does not speak well for >Hmmm, you're a big Oracle fan aren't you? I assume you're the same Richard >Finkelstein who writes on SQL/Oracle for is it DBMS... I don't recall ever writing SQL/Oracle for DBMS magazine. Can you give me the issue(s) that you are referring to. I believe that you may be confusing me with someone else. >My first impression of Oracle (V5 engine, V2 tools) was so bad that I would >rather starve than ever touch Oracle for a living. So I guess it's just horses >for courses. In the past I have been very critical of Oracle products (some say too critical <g>). Again I think you may be confused with my past (and probably present) attitudes toward different products. If you can refer me to your sources of information about my writings and seminars I would be happy to clear up this matter. >I thought Oracle's documentation was *appalling*, as were the tools. But it >could just be a question of mindset... Oracle's documentation was quite appalling and I was very critical of Version 5 and Version 6 when it came out. Regards, Rich Richard Finkelstein, Performance Computing, Inc.