RE: IDS Next Version - features wanted - now widely off topic

-----Original Message----- From: owner-informix-list@iiug.org [mailto:owner-informix-list@iiug.org] On Behalf Of Data Goob Sent: 13 June 2005 01:57 PM To: informix-list@iiug.org Subject: Re: IDS Next Version - features wanted - now widely off topic > >Knowing the difference between Informix and DB2 I still do not know >of one single reason why I would want Informix instead. If I want >small, embedded, why not use MySQL? Or Berkeley DBM? If I use >Windows, MS-SQL-Server is pretty robust, and all those developers are >just clamoring for the next release. Why use Informix???? > >I'm at a loss to understand, just what are the technically-superior >features of Informix vs DB2? What am I missing if I buy DB2? > >What are the motivating reasons I can use to tell managers and buyers >that they should stick their necks out and buy Informix instead of >other, KNOWN products? > >Just think for a moment how it works in the real world and I think >all the enthusiasm in the world is meaningless without some kind of >ad campaign and marketing message. And IBM has been laying messages >in the press that it's neck-n-neck with Oracle, how does Informix >matter in all that? One thing I love about Informix, is how simple yet powerful it is. We started moving to Oracle, and I don't want to go into detail - but I appreciate Informix more now. It is easy to install, easy to setup, and very stable - like Unix. Maybe I am old school, I don't know. sending to informix-list