RE: Gary Speaks!
> Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:56:21 -0800 > From: bigdaddyjerry@yahoo.com > Subject: Re: Gary Speaks! > To: informix-list@iiug.org; theharlequin36@hotmail.com > > I'd drink piss before I drank another drop of IBM Kool-Aid. > You're right. Piss tastes better! ;-P > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Captain Pedantic <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > From: Captain Pedantic <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> > > Subject: Gary Speaks! > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 1:18 PM > > I see Gary's getting frustrated > > now. We call this the "Hamilton Effect", in > > honour of erstwhile IIUG President Jerry Hamilton. > > Jerry imbibed the IBM > > Kool-Aid as thirstily as anyone, came quite quickly to > > realise that IBM had > > no intention whatsoever of promoting Informix, and then > > became one of the > > most zealous critics!: > > > > IIUG Insider (Issue #115) > > January 2010 > > > > Happy new year to all IIUG members! > > I wish you all a wonderful year. However I am not sure it > > is going to be a > > good year for Informix. > > Last January I wondered if IBM will continue the momentum > > of growing and > > improving Informix. Today I have no answer to this > > question. IBM is acting > > like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. > > On one hand Informix is dramatically improving. Every fix > > pack is loaded > > with new features. Mach 11 and the warehouse capabilities > > are positioning > > Informix ahead of any other database including DB2. The > > Panther release is > > due this year. It is going to be a huge improvement (if you > > want to know > > more about it join the EVP program. You can read more about > > it in the > > following section). > > However if you talk to IBM executives or read the press, > > Informix does not > > exist. It looks as if things are set back to 2001. > > Once again we need to say loud and clear that Oracle and MS > > SQL server are > > alternatives to Informix. They are inferior but if forced > > we will migrate to > > one of them. DB2 is not an option. > > Gary Ben-Israel > > IIUG Insider Editor > > gary@iiug.org > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Informix-list mailing list > Informix-list@iiug.org > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Trusted email with powerful SPAM protection. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/201469227/direct/01/