Re: a comparison of different databases

Eric J. Ebinger wrote: > > John Gose wrote: > > > Informix is currently leading edge techonology, having just recently > > completed a rewrite of their core database engine technology. Something > > Oracle hasn't done for over five years. Oracle just keeps bolting things > > on, not incorporating them into their core engine. I believe that this > > will cause the whole thing to come tumbling down sometime in the near > > future. > > > > And why do you think Oracle bought Rdb? Er... I give in! Why? -- Mark. +-------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Mark D. Stock - The West Solutions Group http://www.west.co.za | | | |Email: marks@west.co.za +------------------------------------------------+ |Tel: +27 11 803 2151 |If it doesn't work... force it! | |Fax: +27 11 803 2189 |If it breaks... it needed replacing anyway! | |Cell: +27 83 250 2325 |Well, that's how I code anyway! | +------------------------+------------------------------------------------+