gallmeis@unc.UUCP (03/08/87)
In article <1207@ihlpf.ATT.COM> mohan@ihlpf.ATT.COM (Mohan Palat) writes: > >Ingres also has an SQL interface. Therefore, you have the option >of using either SQL or QUEL in your applications. Performance tests >have shown that Informix performs better than Ingres for small to medium >sized databases. However, Ingres out-performs Informix for applications >with multiple users and large databases. Overall, Ingres (5.0) is said >to perform much better than Informix or Oracle. > It should be mentioned that there are two, two, two Ingreses around. The one I think we're discussing here is Relational Technologies' (RTI) Ingres, which is indeed a real product. The other Ingres is the original ol' Vax Ingres from Berkeley that comes on the BSD tapes (if I have my information right). It should not be confused with a commercially viable product. For one thing, it's only halfway there, and for another, porting it to a non-Vax is a, uh, non- trivial effort, shall we say? For another thing, it's slow as a pig compared to commercial products. On the other hand, you get it for free with BSD source. -- Bill O. Gallmeister ...mcnc!unc!gallmeis "I been down so long, being down don't bother me."