Re: Satisfaction with Informix

In article <6fdipe$6sd$1@news.xmission.com>, Clem Akins <clem@informix.com> writes > >Pranadjaja comments: >>On Tue, 24 Mar 1998, Thomas A. Yasko wrote: >>> Curious: How satisfied are y'all with Informix? How would you rate it? >>> (on a scale of 1 to 5, with five being excellent and 1 being not at >>> all) What are using for clients? Web front end? Java enabled client? >>> Packaged client? > 5, no question, theu had the balls to rewrite the engine for 7 to be truely parallel throughout, Oracle didn't. True parallel processing programs require different algorithms and hence a rewrite. Informix realised this and did a puka job. 7 has taken some time to get stable and is now pretty much there. Also Informix have taken the development in-house, witness OnBar. They are not afraid to realise when thinks need to change and are willing to rewrite from scratch when needed. Overall a top company. >This is Informix's bugbear. As the "technology leader" in databases, >the company goes to enormous lengths to make a product that is "better" >than the competition. The architectural changes that went into the >product to make the DSA were so profound that Informix's main competitor >risked lawsuit and physical abuse to hire away the brains behind the >effort. Now they are working diligently to catch up with this now-proven >technology. > Agreed. 7.3 should be awesome.. >Informix wants its RDBMS products to be seen as the premier database, one >that customers will be happy to have when it comes time to "bet the >business" on the system. This is what Bob Finoccio, the new president >and CEO, means when he says that Informix is a "high end" company--at all >scales, from tiny systems to huge ones. > >That's my view, anyway. Standard disclaimers apply, of course. > And mine, and I don't work for Informix!! >_____________________________________________________________ >Clem Akins (aka clem@informix.com) Menlo Park x5937 >Technical Course Development Manager, Informix Software, Inc -- David Williams Maintainer of the Informix FAQ Primary site (Beta Version) http://www.smooth1.demon.co.uk Official site http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html I see you standin', Standin' on your own, It's such a lonely place for you, For you to be If you need a shoulder, Or if you need a friend, I'll be here standing, Until the bitter end... So don't chastise me Or think I, I mean you harm... All I ever wanted Was for you To know that I care