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- From: carl.pedersen@dartmouth.edu (L. Carl Pedersen)
- Newsgroups: comp.databases
- Subject: Re: Informix vs. Oracle
- Message-ID: <carl.pedersen-270892114745@kip-sn-93.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 27 Aug 92 15:49:37 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug27.123031.6373@cbfsb.cb.att.com>, nll@cbnewsb.cb.att.com
- (neal.l.leitner) wrote:
- >
- [stuff deleted]
- >
- > Oracle on the other hand is one of the more confusing RDBMSs that I have
- > ever seen. First of all the installation takes a long time to do. You
- > have to log in as root install the disks, then log in as oracle and do
- > another installation. In order to get into the separate products you
- > need an additional user name and password. It literally took a week
- > to install Oracle on a 386 because the installation disks and their
- > instructions were incorrect. Oracle's techinical support line, although
- > easier to get a technician than Informix were basically clueless on
- > how to fix problems. They kept telling me I had a corrupted /etc/passwd
- > file, which was not the case. So Oracle sits in a box in the corner.
- >
- > If I had to choose between the two products, there would not even be
- > a hesitation. Informix!
-
- Sorry, but I just can't let this stand without challenge. All of the above
- may be true on your platform. I have no experience there, but I've
- installed ORACLE more than once on VAX/VMS and have had essentially no
- problems. Ditto for a friend who installed it on a NeXT machine.
-