Re: Let me be the first

Posted in 2006

Neil Truby — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 19:12:53 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

"Jean Sagi" <jeansagi@myrealbox.com> wrote in message news:mailman.607.1159220863.20706.informix-list@iiug.org... Does anyone know if some kind of beta program will be offered to download or tests the new cheetah? Any competent business partner will be able to arrange an evaluation.

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Double Echo — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 14:57:19 -0400 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby wrote: > "Jean Sagi" <jeansagi@myrealbox.com> wrote in message > news:mailman.607.1159220863.20706.informix-list@iiug.org... > Does anyone know if some kind of beta program will be offered to download or > tests the new cheetah? > > Any competent business partner will be able to arrange an evaluation. > > What a comfort. :-) I'm hopeful they will have a standard download without the timeout nonsense, just like they do for other software. Otherwise, developers will look elsewhere for downloads, like say, Oracle, MySQL, Sybase, etc etc etc. It has to have no strings attached or it's not a good deal. All the other vendors figured that one out, IBM needs to get with the program. Maybe we should put some money on it, as to whether IBM will do it right or not.

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Obnoxio The Clown — Tue, 26 Sep 2006 20:15:56 +0100 (BST) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Neil Truby said: > Any competent business partner will be able to arrange an evaluation. Do you know of any? :o) -- Bye now, Obnoxio "... no bill is required as no value was provided." -- Christine Normile -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by OpenProtect(http://www.openprotect.com), and is believed to be clean.