Re: a comparison of different databases

At 12:37 11-07-1996 MDT, Jack Parker wrote: >My apologies for the language here - but that is one of the more asinine >arguments I've heard for some time. More does not mean better. I would >much rather work with a product which didn't NEED an extra bookshelf of >manuals to help me figure out how to add 2 to 2. Hm. I didn't notice any vulgarity there. Perhaps you're waiting for me to put the ass back into asinine? And as to "more does not mean better..." :-) >As for traffic in newsgroups - the porn newsgroups have the reputation as >the most active on the net - does this mean that they're 'better' than >Oracle? Hmmm, have to try that on my manager - "Boss, I need the best >product on the net - therefore I'm going to be downloading.....". I can just see it (?) "Boss, I think the network's going down...(on the server)" "Well, take matters in hand, then - get someone in for a service call" :-) But on a more serious note, if you read Oracle's press releases, they would have to have kerb-crawling traffic volumes if traffic was a reflection of market acceptance. Bottom line is: I know that Informix meets any requirement my clients or I demand of it, and has met those requirements over the last 12 years. I used to work with Oracle and it sucked. Ditto for Ingres. Ergo.... Hasta la vista! -- Billy Wheeler -- Director, The West Solutions Group (E) billy@west.co.za (W) +27 11 803 2151 (F) +27 11 803 2189 (C) +27 83 250 2324 (H) Forget it, my wife will kill me! :-) "...but apart from that, Mrs Kennedy, how was the parade?"