database evaluation reports

A while backed I posted a plea for help, looking for an independent evaluation of four Unix based rdbms packages. Namely, Ingres, Informix, Oracle and Sybase. I got some feedback, but it was mostly personnel opinions based their own experiences. I also got requests from several people to forward any relevant responses to them. Well I never did receive anything worth forwarding. However, after months of searching, I MAY have found a source for "independent" database evaluations. The company and contact information is as follows. Alternative Technologies 13150 Highway 9, Suite 123 Boulder Creek, CA 95006 phone 408-338-4621 Depending on the number of reports which you purchase the prices range from $400 - $500 dollars PER report. The following disclaimers apply. I have no financial interest in this company. I personally have not ordered any of their reports so I can not speak as to the quality or objectiveness of these reports. I did receive a report, "An Evaluation of Database Server Architectures" as part of an Informix package. Suprisingly enuf this report seemed to favor the architecture adopted by Informix. Anyhow, I thought I would post this information if anyone is interested. If anyone does purchase any of these reports I would appreciate their feedback on the usefulness of said reports. By the way, we have decided to do a scaled down in house evaluation of the four rdbms products. We may augment our eval with the aforementioned reports. John Vasicek jsv@tellabs.com