ORACLE DBA seeking options in INFORMIX for new application

Hi Friends, I am oracle DBA seeking option in selecting Informix,Sybase or DB2 for our new GIS application. Could U pl. tell me following are available in INFORMIX IDS versions. I am newbie to Informix. Pl. bear with me if these questions are elementary to U all. 1. Is it a Object Oriented Relational Database ? 2. Does it support distributed processing ? 3. Do U have Microsoft COM data access interfaces ? 4. Can SQL be tuned for optimization ? 5. Do U have Web Service interfaces ? 6. Is it a Spatial Databases for GIS ? 7. Does it have Content management with XML DB technology including XML type, XML repository ? 8. Does it have Industry standard Authentication and encryption ? 9. Does it have End-to-end security by authenticating users using digital certificates /passwords ? 10. Is Labeling concepts available to protect sensitive information and provide data separation with facilities to manage policies,labels and user label authorizations ? 11. Is it Conforms to Unicode 3.0 standard ? Regards, Sams Joey Need a new email address that people can remember Check out the new EudoraMail at http://www.eudoramail.com sending to informix-list