By now most people have figured out that they need both client/server and intranets. Which architecture to choose for which applications, however, remains a continually interesting question. And once you’ve picked the architecture do you use a thin client? A network computer? A NetPC? It’s not obvious how to partition applications across distributed environments, either. This debate focuses on the different approaches that Sun, Oracle, Microsoft and Netscape are pushing for your distributed applications. There’s a lot of serious disagreement in this group and you can enjoy the fruits of watching this fight about the future of network and client/server based computing.
 George Schussel, Moderator: |
 John Landry, |
 Gerry Cohen, |
 Marc Benioff, |
 Rich Finkelstein, |
Informix is out to be #1 in database servers. The current champ is Oracle. Informix thinks their knockout punch is datablades and extended data types in their engine. Oracle counterpunches with assertions that Informix users will knock themselves out with faulty user written code. The Oracle solution, data cartridges, are guaranteed to be "non-cutting". In this debate, Informix’ guru, Mike Stonebraker, faces off against Oracle’s DBMS guru, Jerry Held. Both are Sr. VP’s of their respective companies and both are Berkeley Ph.D’s. Schussel will moderate — and duck punches.
 Mike Stonebraker, |
 Jerry Held |
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