Serge Rielau wrote:
> Jim Kennedy wrote:
> > "xiaoxin" <lixiaoxinwb_at_gmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:1133003668.009582.121010_at_o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...
> >
> >>Hi
> >>
> >>I'm an Oracle DBA. The vendor of our current application is helpless.
> >>We are looking for a new one. The one my manager like most is based on
> >>informix/linux because of the application's functionalities. I try to
> >>convince him that moving to informix now isn't a good idea.
> >>
> >>Any help are appreciated.
> >>
> >>BTW, please don't use any technical points such as multiversioning and
> >>nonblocking reads. I need something that managers are interested in.
> >>
> >>Regards,
> >>Xiaoxin
> >>
> >
> > IBM owns Informix. IBM has created DB2. Informix and DB2 compete for the
> > same customers. Having 2 development.QA, etc. teams is costly. Informix is
> > being sunsetted. (wouldn't you if you were IBM)
> >
> > Why would you want to go with a product that is being sunsetted?
> > Jim
> Post that in a Peoplesoft or Siebel newsgroup.. Or Oracle RDB for that
> matter ;-)
>
> Xiaoxin,
>
> Informix IDS 9 is recommended by IBM for Apps exploiting OO as well as
> apps requiring the DBMS runs OLTP embedded.
>
> Informix IDS has been and still is after what .. 5 years with IBM(?)...
> the backbone of >90% of 911 call centers in the US. Can't be that bad
> then and ain't going anywhere....
>
> For balance I recommend also posting your question in c.d.informix. But
> again you appear to already know the answer, just trying to find
> ammunition. Your managers (and possibly shareholders) don't think that
> way. They want a business problem to be solved.
> This app.. does it run on both Oracle and Informix?
> Very few companies need a specific DBMS. They need solutions which imply
> apps which happen to drag DBMS with them.
> So what are you, being a techie, scared of? When did you last choose
> your car by the battery?
>
> Cheers
> Serge
Good post Serge thanks for your attempts to keep this newsgroup
balanced.
> --
> Serge Rielau
> DB2 SQL Compiler Development
> IBM Toronto Lab
Received on Sat Nov 26 2005 - 18:51:40 CST
