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To: Mark Finger who wrote (8889)	1/21/1998 11:57:00 AM
From: Dave Yenne	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 14631

Mark, interesting that Informix is using a non-standard version of SQL as a selling point. Granted, if it is adopted in the next 2 years, Informix may have an edge. But if its not then they are proprietary at the SQL level. I did receive some information from a friend that saw our posts and thought this information might help... 1. while ansi/iso try to make sql3 a standard, sybase will be leveraging a "real" object model in the database, java. 2. using ordinary java classes, clients will be able to extend the database type system using java objects. 3. what are programmers more interested in, sql3 or java? 4. sql3 only has a place in the database, what about the client and middle-tier? (oops, i forgot, informix doesn't care about the middle tier) 5. blades, like speciality data stores, should be used for large objects (lobs) and only be built by 3rd parties. 6. customers don't want to build blades using a proprietary c++ api. 7. customers want to use a portable language like java. 8. customers want to use a safe language like java. 9. sybase's object-relational capabilities with java will support rowtypes, sets, and arrays. all using java. Just some additional information from an SI reader... Dave