Re: RUMORS... true or false, you decide.. (fwd)
With regard to the below message, I feel "comfortable that [Informix's] decision will be" in what they perceive to be their own best interest, which is not necessarily the same as what is truly in their best interest, and may not serve customers well. It is interesting that to combat "the hype and emotion some would offer," there is no mention of specific details, but merely generalities; this is much the same as the response of our politicians to inquiries into the direction of US decisions... If it is indeed the case that "maintenance" charges would be as high as what has been posted to this list, then they would seem to be rather prohibitively high, and perhaps better invested in newer versions, etc. The fact there the Vice President's response did not actually address the magnitude of maintenance charges indicates to me that the specific figures previously posted were not far from the mark--if they were high, the VP would make Informix look better by saying so, while, if they are pretty much the same, then he probably wouldn't address it... Steven J. Richardson, Merit Network, Inc. ---(Forwarded from: billd@informix.com, Dated: Wed, 4 Mar 92 12:44:58 EST)--- Received: from rmy.rmy.emory.edu by um.cc.umich.edu via Internet with TCP; Thu, 5 Mar 92 06:29:57 EST Received: from csslc.rmy.emory.edu by rmy.rmy.emory.edu (5.65/Emory_rmy.3.2.6) via SMTP id AA09625 ; Thu, 5 Mar 92 06:30:35 -0500 Return-Path: informix-list-owner@rmy.emory.edu Received: from emory.UUCP by rmy.rmy.emory.edu (5.65/Emory_rmy.3.2.6) via UUCP id AA14763 ; Wed, 4 Mar 92 13:15:37 -0500 Received: from widener.UUCP by emory.mathcs.emory.edu (5.65/Emory_mathcs.3.3.3) via UUCP id AA24613 ; Wed, 4 Mar 92 13:03:22 -0500 Received: from mimsy.UUCP by cs.widener.edu with UUCP id AA02393 (5.65c/Widener-4.2 for emory!rmy!informix-list); Wed, 4 Mar 1992 13:01:26 -0500 Received: by mimsy.cs.UMD.EDU (5.61/UMIACS-0.9/04-05-88) id AA04154; Wed, 4 Mar 92 13:00:46 -0500 Received: from uunet.uu.net (via LOCALHOST.UU.NET) by relay1.UU.NET with SMTP (5.61/UUNET-internet-primary) id AA29633; Wed, 4 Mar 92 12:52:32 -0500 Received: from infmx.UUCP by uunet.uu.net with UUCP/RMAIL (queueing-rmail) id 125120.10080; Wed, 4 Mar 1992 12:51:20 EST Received: from cheetah.informix by informix.com (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA01886; Wed, 4 Mar 92 09:45:03 PST Received: by cheetah.informix (4.1/SMI-4.1) id AA04333; Wed, 4 Mar 92 09:45:00 PST From: billd@informix.com (William Daul) Message-Id: <9203041745.AA04333@cheetah.informix> Subject: Re: RUMORS... true or false, you decide.. (fwd) To: informix-list@rmy.emory.edu Date: Wed, 4 Mar 92 9:44:59 PST Thought: "Statistically, 100% of the shots you don't take don't go in." X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.3INFORMIX PL45] X-Informix-List-Id: <list.913> The following is from our Vice President of Sales: =========== Forwarded Message From Edwin Winder ================ > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 13:39:36 PST > Message-Id: <9203032139.AA18014@cougar.informix> > Subject: Re: RUMORS... true or false, you decide.. (fwd) > > In response to Harry Bochner's email... > > I am disturbed that this user finds it necessary to solicit support > for his position based on "2nd hand information". This is not a battle > between vendor and user with vendor trying to "come out ahead". > Whatever changes we make in practices relative to upgrades and maintenance > will be based on sound business principles and nothing else. > > I would hope that our users would want us to make prudent and responsible > business decisions so that their investment would be better protected > by our continued successful operation. I want responsible users. I'm not > sure what Harry wants. > > Feel free to place this response in the same forum that Harry used for > his alarming message. Hopefully, when we do communicate our approach to > "Major Upgrades", it will be received on its merit and not the hype and > emotion some would offer. I'm comfortable that our decision will be > a "RESPONSIBLE" one and one that our valued customers will support. > > Edwin > ................ > > -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ) William Daul Advanced Support ( ( INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC. Project Administrator ) ) 4100 Bohannon Dr. (415) 926-6488 - wk ( ( Menlo Park, CA. 94025 ) ) Email: billd@informix.com or uunet!infmx!billd ( %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%