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Alas to some everything ever written in computer
history has Informix buried in it. Or rather RDS
Software...

While in my personal opinions I still believe that the
Informix DB Engine is superior to Oracle, DB2 UDB and
others on the Open Systems platform I have learned
that this belief doesn't pay any of my bills. For the
most part I have gone past this hurdle. Of course my
first attempt was folly - I choose a DW/BI database to
study and become proficient in only to see the same
exact fate befall it (RedBrick) as happened to the
Infomix core databases. Once again I believe that for
most RedBrick is superior for any star or snowflake
schema design DataMart or DataWarehouse. It is not
meant to be an Enterprise Data Warehouse database -
you can argue if there truly is a best database for
that type of crystaline design Data Warehouse.

Isn't it ironic that arguably the most successful
database post Big Blue buyout is the little engine
that could - Java compliant Cloudscape?

When I can find work in it I will continue to work
with Informix products but the people who send me
bills each month don't care about the rest.

I continue to troll this newsgroup mostly because of
the relationships and the fact that I can contribute
from time to time. And yes I still learn things from
the masters (Thanks Art, Madison, etc.)

Rob Vorbroker
Infomix Bigot - Retired
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