Re: Informix beats Oracle

Posted in 2007

Captain Pedantic — Sun, 24 Jun 2007 23:58:57 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> "Data Cruncher" <dcruncher4@aim.com> wrote in message > news:B_ydnQeCFPsgQ-PbnZ2dnUVZ_tyinZ2d@comcast.com... > > "DA Morgan" <damorgan@psoug.org> wrote in message > news:1182717682.503312@bubbleator.drizzle.com... >> Fernando Nunes wrote: >> >>> I grant you that Oracle has several features that IDS doesn't. DB2 has >>> features that IDS doesn't. XPS has features IDS doesn't. SQL Server >>> probably has features IDS doesn't. And vice-versa. >> >> Precisely. Every product distinguishes itself by its unique feature set. > > And the most unique feature IDS has is speed, specially OLTP speed. Something is either unique, or it isn't unique. Unlike, for example, greenness, there are no graduated steps between being unique and non-unique.