Re: UK Companies Using Informix
Mark, In 1987 Informix made an attempt to find out all the UK customers. At that time we discovered in excess of 600 but guess what, the information we collected was put into a database which was subsequently lost. And now they have the records of who uses the product from Tech Support contracts, but that isn't comprehensive. But if they don't send out any marketing why do they need to know who the customers are? Malcolm ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@MydasSolutions.com> To: "Simon Bondsfield" <simon_bondsfield@yahoo.co.uk> Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org> Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:51 AM Subject: Re: UK Companies Using Informix > Simon Bondsfield wrote: > > And I was told that you were a helpful and friendly bunch ! > > > > Is there no-one out there that can help me ? > > > > Please spare 5 minutes to email me (even if you think that a company > > name is obvious to you) > > If it was that easy to find out who's using Informix, then IBM would > have done it years (well, a couple) ago. :-) > > Cheers, > -- > Mark. > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| > | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| > | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| > | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| > | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ > >
Malcolm Weallans wrote: > > Mark, > In 1987 Informix made an attempt to find out all the UK customers. At that > time we discovered in excess of 600 but guess what, the information we > collected was put into a database which was subsequently lost. DB2??? > > And now they have the records of who uses the product from Tech Support > contracts, but that isn't comprehensive. But if they don't send out any > marketing why do they need to know who the customers are? > > Malcolm > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mark D. Stock" <mdstock@MydasSolutions.com> > To: "Simon Bondsfield" <simon_bondsfield@yahoo.co.uk> > Cc: <informix-list@iiug.org> > Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2003 11:51 AM > Subject: Re: UK Companies Using Informix > > > Simon Bondsfield wrote: > > > And I was told that you were a helpful and friendly bunch ! > > > > > > Is there no-one out there that can help me ? > > > > > > Please spare 5 minutes to email me (even if you think that a company > > > name is obvious to you) > > > > If it was that easy to find out who's using Informix, then IBM would > > have done it years (well, a couple) ago. :-) > > > > Cheers, > > -- > > Mark. > > > > +----------------------------------------------------------+-----------+ > > | Mark D. Stock mailto:mdstock@MydasSolutions.com |//////// /| > > | Mydas Solutions Ltd http://MydasSolutions.com |///// / //| > > | +-----------------------------------+//// / ///| > > | |We value your comments, which have |/// / ////| > > | |been recorded and automatically |// / /////| > > | |emailed back to us for our records.|/ ////////| > > +----------------------+-----------------------------------+-----------+ > > > > -- Paul Watson # Oninit Ltd # Growing old is mandatory Tel: +44 1436 672201 # Growing up is optional Fax: +44 1436 678693 # Mob: +44 7818 003457 # www.oninit.com #