Re: Oracle or Informix? (Insights and experiences wanted - NO RELIGIOUS WARS OR FLAMES PLEASE!!!)

Oracle is far more reliable. Informix is more snazzy. Take your pick (I'd pick Oracle.) Basing conclusion on DBA'ing Oracle 6/7 and Informix 5/7... --Stuart "David L Jarvis" <djarvis@relay.cablexpress.com> wrote: >Greetings Oracle and Informix users, developers, and administrators. >I have been charged with comparing these two companies and their >products and making a decision on which one my employer should choose. >I am asking for information from these 2 groups to aid in my >research. What I am looking for are others who have had to make >the same decision: which one you went with and WHY. What I am NOT >looking for are religious wars (this one's better because I say so) >and flames. I'd like to have opinions that have some basis in >fact. >What I am interested in is simply basic OLTP functionality, >including the stability and scalability of the server, as well >as performance of course, and resource consumption. Also we >will be doing web stuff, of course, so this piece of the puzzle >is important too. I am also interested in what platform you >are using (hardware and O/S, configuration, etc.). Last but >not least :-) I am open to being pointed to any other resources >that may help (like, Hey we've had this discussion a million >times and here's some archive of the whole thing, or better yet >here's some independent sources of comparatives). >Thanks in advance to anyone kind enough to take the time to >share their insight and experiences with me. This is a most >difficult position to be in, and finding straight information >without the marketing tarnish is not very easy! >Regards >/dlj >-- >David L Jarvis >Director of Technology - CABLExpress Corporation >djarvis@relay.cablexpress.com