Re: NEWERA THE END? --- does anyone care?

On 13 Oct 97 at 10:15, Mike Ripley wrote: > Marco Greco said :- > "New Era a scaling down casualty? If I were a New Era user (which > I'm not, luckily) I would be downright outraged, like I was back > when it was 4gl turn. Breach of contract that is, no less." > > I am a NEWERA user and I am beginning to wonder if I have been > through a time warp. Did Mr Jeff Hudson, (Informix vice president of > corporate development) actually say "You have to be brain dead to > think that a database company also needs its own proper tools for > the database"? > > This appears to be an absolute bomb shell! My sentiments exactly. > Judging by the negligible reaction I have seen on the net, I now > realise that we were after all the only NEWERA user. Not so. I only didn't react because I've only just recovered from my heart attack. > P.S. What tools do you recommend? Do we go with Java or Visual Basic > as recommended by Mr Hudson? But then again how sound is his > judgement? As sound as the judgement of any person prepared to slag off his own company in public. Anyway, I am fairly close to Informix SA, and this was news to them. So, until I hear it from Informix themselves, I'm going to ignore it. -- Ciao, Billy Nose to the ear in Johannesburg -- Murder City never looked so good! Get FAQ'ed at http://www.iiug.org/techinfo/faq/faq_top.html PISCES Feb. 19 - Mar. 20 You have a vivid imagination and often think you are being followed by the FBI or CIA. You have minor influence over your friends and people resent you for flaunting your power. You lack confidence and are generally a coward. Pisces people screw small animals and pick their noses.