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From: ron@r2d2.UUCP (Ron Schweikert)
Newsgroups: net.database
Subject: INFORMIX vs. UNIFY
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Date: Fri, 10-Jan-86 20:34:41 EST
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Currently I am running UNIFY on a 4.2BSD minicomputer.  It does the 
job well, using many C functions within the application.
Others in the area are interested in also implementing INFORMIX for it's
additional virtues (:-)).  Discussions are in progress; primary input
being from sales personnel and possibly-biased users.  I would appreciate
some real-world input from users.  Not really hot about having multiple
packages running in the area.  Not too conducive to information sharing.

Among my questions:

	Has anyone worked with both to give unbiased :-) input for:

	-	Database size capabilities
	-	Ease of development for programs 
	-	Overall power, flexibility
	-	Speed of data retrieval
	-	Support
	-	Reliability  (lights just flickered...oops!)

Thanks in advance for your input.
Ron Schweikert

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