Re: Informix and Oracle in the same shop

Chris Jenkins wrote: > > Gentleman (and Ladies), > > 1. I'm afraid I can't send you our source code for obvious > reasons > > 2. You may feel I am biased/partisan > > However, I can assure you that ODS is fully and truly multi- > threaded based on any *meaningful* definition of non-preemptive > multi-threading. > > True we do not use O/S or vendor supplied MT libraries for a > *host* of reasons: performance, portability, functionality > being chief among them. However, the definition of > 'multi-threaded' in no way implies or requires use of any > particular MT implementation or library. > > Yours sincerely, > > Chris > > > -- > > ------------------------------------------------------------ > Chris Jenkins, Advanced Technology Group, Informix Software > > Standard disclaimers apply Chris, Good enough for me. I realize you couldn't post source code. :-) Standing behind the product with your statement has restored my confidence--seriously. If it came from anybody else other than a vendors' employee the question would remain--at least for me. With the myriad of things many of us have to keep up with, we must take a large part of a vendors' claims on trust--to be sure there's hype with all of them, but this is a core selling point that differentiates ODS from Oracle --at least for me. Maybe this brings up an even broader question, that being, if the threading you affirm is in ODS, how come Oracle has not adopted a threading model of any consequence in their product? (BTW, thank you for participating in this discussion!) Tim -- Tim Schaefer \\\\|// tschaefe@mindspring.com (6 6) ------------------------oOOo---( )---o00o--------- http://www.inxutil.com