Re: PRESS: INFORMIX INTRODUCES INFORMIX DEVELOPER NETWORK

Mike Segel <mikey@segel.NOSPAM-.KING.OF.MYDOMAIN.-NOSPAM.com> wrote: :Christine Shannon wrote: :> :> INFORMIX INTRODUCES INFORMIX DEVELOPER NETWORK :> :> New Program Provides "One-Stop-Shop" Information Delivery Program for :> Informix Developer Community :> :> Informix Developer Network (IDN). The IDN is an aggressive, new program, :> developed for developers by developers, that will provide advanced, :> technical information and knowledge transfer to the growing Informix :> developer community worldwide. The IDN will also provide exclusive :> information about Informix architecture, technology, products and developer :> services to Informix partners and application developers. :> : :Is it just me, or have we (The USENET community) been replaced :by yet another for profit venture of Informix? Yes Mike, it's just you :-) If (a big one) Informix price this right, it's interesting. I don't think the c.d.i. will have any competition at all. The issue is to get tools from Informix in a better way, get more access to more info about what they are doing, get a more formalized way for feedback and so on. Other major companies have been doing this for years. It's about time Informix does it as well. Their problem of course is that their tools bussiness is realy not doing too well right now. May be it could become a little better with more feedback. Nils.Myklebust@idg.no NM Data AS, P.O.Box 9090 Gronland, N-0133 Oslo, Norway My opinions are those of my company The Informix FAQ is at http://www.iiug.org