Re: Who is the competition?

In Denver the consensus was Oracle was the bigger problem, but as you point out it does seem to depend on which side of the pond you are on Cheers Paul Neil Truby wrote: > <mweallans@panacea.co.uk> wrote in message > news:1117209558.065406.202840@g49g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > >>At a recent Infobahn in London there were numerous references to the >>main competition for IDS being Oracle. In fact so much attention was >>spent on this that I began thinking we were backed in the days of the >>billboard wars on 101. >> >>I would like to see a proper survey done of all of the current Informix >>user base as to who they consider to be the most likely database server >>they would move to. Maybe then we can get a good picture of the real >>situation. > > > Each of the first two speakers, both of whom mentioned Oracle as "the > competition", were US-based. Perhaps Oracle is the main competition in the > United States. Certainly the first guy in particular seemed surprised when > we all told him that in our experience the users are haemorrhaging to SQL > Server, not Oracle ... > > -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #