Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!uwvax!dogie.macc.wisc.edu!csd4.csd.uwm.edu!gem.mps.ohio-state.edu!ginosko!rex!ames!sgi!shinobu!odin!hargrove From: hargrove@harlie.sgi.com (Mark Hargrove) Newsgroups: comp.databases Subject: Making a Strategic DB Decision Message-ID:Date: 17 Aug 89 23:34:43 GMT Sender: news@odin.SGI.COM Distribution: comp Organization: Silicon Graphics Inc, Mountain View, CA Lines: 15 If you were faced with making a strategic corporate decision for a database vendor and had to choose from a "short list" that included - Oracle - DEC (Rdb 3.0) - Sybase Who would you choose (and why)? Thoughts from any readers who have struggled with similar strategic decisions would be most welcome. -- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Mark Hargrove Silicon Graphics, Inc. email: hargrove@harlie.sgi.com 2011 N.Shoreline Drive voice: 415-962-3642 Mt.View, CA 94039