Re: SQL server VS Informix

Mak Siu Kei wrote: > > Who could tell me whether Sql server or Informix is better ? > > A stubborn consultant has come to our company and starts to promote Clipper > DBF files as database. And again starts to promote the SQL server on NT. > > We are currently running Informix 7.11 on RS6000, and is forced to change to > NT with SQL server running on a dual P5. > > Anyone thinks this ridculous, Please drop a note !! > > If this carrys on, I am sure I will QUIT !!!! > > All the best, > > Alan. > -- > > [ Alan Mak Siu Kei ** siumk@hkstar.com ** (852)71286683 ] > > ^ ^ > "Life is more than food, and the body more than clothes." > o o > > ---- < -Luke 12:23 Why switch? The cost in changing the platform, OS, and database engine is usually prohibitive enough. When you also consider the cost of porting the data, redesigning the applications, and retraining your IS personnel, your consultant had better be prepared to show your owners some sort of cost-benefit in making such a fundamental change. If you're happy with your environment and its performance, change only for the sake of changing is like pouring money down a hole. Most consultants make their bread and butter on coming into most any situation and proclaiming that whatever you have is completely wrong and that drastic change is necessary. It's their purpose, and it's what they get paid for. Unfortunately, and all too often, it's also a very self-serving position for them to take, and has little to do with the welfare of the company they are consulting for. Good luck!