Re: Informix on DOS (was: R: BASE 3.1A)

Path: emory!swrinde!sdd.hp.com!hplabs!nsc!pyramid!infmx!aland From: aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) Newsgroups: comp.databases Message-ID: <1991Aug10.063424.26276@informix.com> Date: 10 Aug 91 06:34:24 GMT References: <46341@netnews.upenn.edu> <1991Aug5.081359.27386@informix.com> <CATONE.91Aug8180714@dmark.wharton.upenn.edu> Sender: news@informix.com (Usenet News) Organization: International Brotherhood of Geeks, Local 619 In article <CATONE.91Aug8180714@dmark.wharton.upenn.edu> catone@wharton.upenn.edu (Tony Catone) writes: >In article <1991Aug5.081359.27386@informix.com> aland@informix.com (Colonel Panic) writes: > ... > The "so easy to blow away tables" part is utter bullshit, and I defy to > to provide a specific example. > >Fine. Copy tables from one directory to another. See what happens when >you drop a table that is hard linked. Note that hard links are put in >by many of the Informix utilities. Since you posted on this problem over >a year ago, your statement that you have never haeard of problems >is a falsehood. You, sir, are either a liar or very sloppy. Oh, please. If I understand correctly, you are saying that you moved underlying data files around without keeping the catalogs in sync, and you refer to that as "blowing away tables". Uh, right. (Even if you *do* this, you can redirect the catalog to point to the new location with one trivial SQL statement. But, I'll bet you knew that already.) > >they have gotten better, they were so far behind Ingres and Oracle > > it's hard > > You're the same person who is posting pro-KMan raves almost weekly. > You don't have an *agenda* here, do you? > >My "agenda" is to get productive work done as quickly as possible. I have >a real life too :-) KMan does the job for me. I happily mail anyone who >asks a full response to technical questions, including the limitations. >And I'm just a satisfied user, while Informix pays your check. Hmm, I >wonder who's less biased? In addition, I also work with Ingres, Paradox, In the past week, you've posted major (and extremely vague) flames about both Informix and Ingres, while your postings about KMan tend to sound like quoted ads (and almost never follow a question about KMan). I still think it warrants raising the question. >.... I think I have a broad enough range of technical experience to make >sound evaluations of products. But not the objectivity, perhaps. >You, sir, are rather infamous for glossing over the bad points of Informix, >relegating them to the status of "features". Excuse me? >I'd spend less time on ad hominem attacks and more time on improving your >product. Feh. The only ones I've seen in this group who ever *confirm* bugs (including bug #s or other info sufficient for somebody to track with) are myself and Alastair at A-Tate. >Take your follow ups to mail or alt.flame. Sure, now that the facts are somewhat straight... >- Tony > catone@dmark.wharton.upenn.edu -- Alan Denney # aland@informix.com # {pyramid|uunet}!infmx!aland Disclaimer: my own opinions, etc. etc. "My head can't tolerate this bobbing and pretending Listening to some bullethead and the madness that he's saying." - "Your Racist Friend", They Might Be Giants