Re: Informix vs. Sybase vs. Oracle vs. (gasp) MS SQL Server

On 01 Dec 1997 10:31:26 -0700, Pablo Sanchez <pablo@sgi.com> wrote: : : Sybase..... 39,469 tpmC : Informix... 24,309 tpmC : :That's a 62% performance increase by using Sybase. Now I :grant you that I believe that we'll see Informix :Inc. publishing even higher numbers but that's not my :point. Of course it's not your point. Your point is obvious. Were INFORMIX's published numbers higher, you'd be speaking a different tune, no? Like I said before, being slanted towards one database vendor over another isn't wrong. It's when you try to say you're being unbiased and THEN are slanted that is wrong. gburnore@netcom dot com or gburnore@netcom databasix com --------------------------------------------------------------------------- How you look depends on where you go. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Gary L. Burnore | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ DOH! | '۳'''''''ۺ''''''''''۳ | '۳ 3 4 1 4 2 '' 6 9 0 6 9 '۳ spamgard(tm): zamboni | Official Proof of Purchase =========================================================================== PGPprint: C63B CF4E 1B71 4D7E C6F8 AF4E 338D 5CB4 KeyID: 0x0F7EDBD9 (RSA) finger gburnore@netcom.com for public key ---------------------------------------------------------------------------