Re: Informix vs. Oracle wuz: Re: Informix?

Posted in 1997

Pablo Sanchez — 05 Nov 1997 21:03:05 -0700 — source: Informix-list mailing list archive (1991-1998)

>>>>> "Dave" == Dave Kosenko <nospam_dkosenko@monmouth.com> writes: Dave> Dave> Actually, Unify was THE Unix database at least until the mid 80s or so, at Dave> which time Informix started making serious inroads. Ah Unify... and UNIFY 2000 ... and Accell/IDS... who can forget? The problem, as you mentioned, with Unify was that quite simply, it wasn't relational. With that, any schema change required a restructure... but with hardlinks, it was extremely fast... you can't get something for nothing... -- Pablo Sanchez | Ph # (650) 933.3812 Fax # (650) 933.2821 pablo@sgi.com | Pg # (800) 930.5635 -or- pablo_p@pager.sgi.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I am accountable for my actions. http://reality.sgi.com/pablo [ /Sybase_FAQ ]