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From: ethan@thinc.UUCP (Ethan Lish of THINC)
Newsgroups: comp.databases
Subject: Re: Unscrupulous posting
Summary: Open Information Exchange
Message-ID: <131@thinc.UUCP>
Date: 12 Dec 90 12:57:56 GMT
References: <1990Dec4.215711.2508@oracle.com> <1990Dec7.023519.9020@informix.com> <1990Dec12.001604.19357@informix.com>
Organization: Tomorrow's Horizons, Inc. -- THINC
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In article <1990Dec12.001604.19357@informix.com>, randall@informix.com (Randall Rhea) writes:
>> In 1990Dec7.164302.21543@oracle.com Dennis Moore writes:
> 
>>And my opinion is worth just as much as Randall's to any customer hoping to
>>make a decision on a development strategy for the future.  Zilch.
> 
>How come?  Why is your opinion, or my opinion, worth "zilch"?  

            _WE_ don't care about either of your opinions!

Leave the opinions to the consumer! 

A RDBMS Consumer (at least in my case) looks to the RDBMS vendor 
for _Expert_ (sometimes inside) Product Information.

This Information should address both strengths, limitations ( and especially
how to overcome those limitations), and strategies.

So _DONT_ take up bandwidth with senseless nonesense about my opinion is
better than his opinion....tell me the facts;

		========		
		INFORMIX	
		========
Strengths:
	Language is both Procedural and Non-Procedural
	4GL and RDSQL Source Code are Portable
	Query by Example
	SQL ANSI II
	Product Range
	Debugger
	Turbo Engine has a "Monitor"
	Rapid Development System

Weaknesses:
	No Application Generator
	Limited String Manipulation
	Limited Editor
	No Data Dictionary

		======
		ORACLE
		======
Strengths:
	PC to Mainframe Portability
	Distributed
	Performance
	DB2, SQL/DS Compatablity
	Security
	OLTP Option
	Case Tools

Weaknesses:
	No 4GL
	Poor and Lengthy Documentation
	Huge Memory Requirements
	No Run-Time Packages
	Referential Integrity
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