Re: Oracle V Informix

Dirk Moolman wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: Daniel Morgan [mailto:damorgan@x.washington.edu] > Sent: Saturday, November 08, 2003 7:05 PM > > [snip] > > >>Glad you put that emoticon after your comment. What we need is more >>rationality ... less >>emotional jingoism. Informix developers and DBAs, over the next 5-7 >>years are basically >>going to move in one of two directions ... Oracle or DB2. > > > > What - and not to Arrowhead ? ..... or whatever the new DB will be > called ? Mmmm, what a dilemma..., what to call the new DB server. Three choices I guess: 1. IDS - after a DB Server that no one is backing. 2. DB2 - after the IBM flagship that has the might of IBM behind it. 3. ??? - A new name that no one has heard of. Ummm... Cheers, -- Mark. +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ sending to informix-list