Re: informix market share

From: DA Morgan <damorgan_at_psoug.org>
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2005 16:44:04 -0800
Message-ID: <1133225038.499965@jetspin.drizzle.com>

RollForward Wizard wrote:
> DA Morgan wrote:
>

>> RollForward Wizard wrote:
>>
>>> You should check out DB2 features first before going to Oracle, and 
>>> especially DB2 HADR, a chimpanzee can set it up it's so simple.
>>
>>
>> And apparently some do. But given Oracle's can be set up with not much
>> more than a few mouse clicks how much simpler is it?
>>

> It's not just a few mouse clicks it's also the licensing scheme(s) that
> are drastically different

Whoa ... slow down. You made a specific statement about Oracle and now you are trying to blur the subject by bringing in differences in licensing: Not acceptable.

Yes it is just a couple of mouse clicks in Oracle if one uses the recommended tool, OEM, to configure RMAN. Has been for years.

>> Or are you making a vague reference to a neolithic version of Oracle
>> long out of support?

>
> I'm not making any reference to Oracle other than if someone so chooses
> to use it, then so be it. But they really need to understand what they
> are getting themselves into.

And you don't think that your statement is equally true of any piece of software including their operating system? Would you recommend someone get into DB2 or Informix without really understanding it? Not even a newbie would say ... yeah go jump into an enterprise RDBMS without learning about it first.

But if you find that person I've got some really great beach front property, in Louisiana, I'd like to sell them.

-- 
Daniel A. Morgan
http://www.psoug.org
damorgan_at_x.washington.edu
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Received on Mon Nov 28 2005 - 18:44:04 CST