Stuart strikes again - history is altered!
Just got the latest copy of DB2 Magazine today, and I found that Stuart Litel has once again revised the history of Informix. (I say once again because of an article he had published last year in Database Trends and Applications, where he claimed that SAP was originally written in Informix 4GL.) This time, he is claiming that when he worked for Sheraton back in 1983, his team decided to develop their worldwide reservation system using the Informix database and Informix-4GL. This would have been some remarkable feat, given that 4gl was not released as a product until 1986! Talk about being "ahead of the curve" ;-) As president of the IIUG, I should think that Mr. Litel should make a better effort on getting his facts straight when discussing the history of Informix. It serves no purpose whatsoever to alter history to suit one's story, or to flat out make things up. DaveK
DaveK wrote: > Just got the latest copy of DB2 Magazine today, and I found that Stuart Litel > has once again revised the history of Informix. (I say once again because of an > article he had published last year in Database Trends and Applications, where he > claimed that SAP was originally written in Informix 4GL.) This time, he is > claiming that when he worked for Sheraton back in 1983, his team decided to > develop their worldwide reservation system using the Informix database and > Informix-4GL. This would have been some remarkable feat, given that 4gl was not > released as a product until 1986! Talk about being "ahead of the curve" ;-) > > As president of the IIUG, I should think that Mr. Litel should make a better > effort on getting his facts straight when discussing the history of Informix. It > serves no purpose whatsoever to alter history to suit one's story, or to flat > out make things up. > > DaveK He is secretly president of Informix and guiding the vision of the product. Ask IBM!
Dave, I find the fact that Stuart is President of IIUG and giving misleading information about past events to be mildly amusing. Isn't that what all american presidents do? Those of US who worked for the company in the early days know better don't we? regards Malcolm