Re: PostgresSQL vs. Informix

Hi Chad

I had a devil of a time finding any usable doc on Informix
whereas Postgres/MySQL and Oracle all had documentation aplenty
Im still looking for a whitepaper or any benchmarks
http://www.iiug.org/forums/ids/index.cgi/noframes/read/3517

Anyone?
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Subject: [GENERAL] PostgresSQL vs. Informix

> PostgreSQL Team,
>
> I have a large OEM customer (one of the top 8 for Sun worldwide) that is
> considering embedding PostgreSQL into the core of their primary product
> instead of Informix. He is trying to build his case for this change.
> Do we have anything that I can forward to him (something like the
> presentation you did at CEC?) to help him build his case?
>
> This is an urgent request from my customer given that his timeline is
> relatively short. Any help you can give me will be very appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chad Hendren
>
> Original question:
>
> Have you seen any studies (either by Sun or others) that compares
> PostgresSQL to other commercial database software (Informix, Oracle,
> Sybase,etc.)? I am interested seeing a feature by feature comparison of
> PostgresSQL and Informix.
>
>
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> Chad Hendren
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> Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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