RE: Informix Acquires Ardent Software

Well, they get to support even more products, Ardent was still providing support for piopen and unidata. Though to be honest, I am hoping that Universe's support will improve. I feel like I have gotten alot better response with my Informix support calls. Makes me feel like my Informix and Universe databases might be able to communicate more easily in the future too. (We have both) But then again, we have Ingres too. :) Will >===== Original Message From "Obnoxio The Clown" <obnoxio@hotmail.com> ===== >From: Jon Sisk <jsisk@jes.com> >> >>First-time poster, but long-time observer of Informix. >> >>Just wondering what the Informix faithful think of this: > >I think it's a wonderful idea. Informix now has 7 (SE, Online5, Online7, >Online9, XPS, Cloudscape, Redbrick, Universe) different and sort of >competitive database technologies and two directly competitive ETL tools >(Formation and Datastage). F***ing brilliant, Jean-Yves. Why don't you buy >Ingres from CA and Informatica as well? And you don't have nearly enough >different corporate cultures in the mix either. How about an ISP and a fast >food chain, while you're about it? > >>http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/991201/ca_informi_1.html >> >>I invite you to follow the discussion from the other side >>of the fence in the comp.databases.pick newsgroup. > >I can only imagine they're thrilled to bits at the prospect of getting a >real database... :-> > >Seriously, I can see some benefit to _some_ of the technology coming into >Informix (MetaStage, particularly), but I can just imagine how enthusiastic >the Formation and Datastage teams must be about getting together. And I'm >sure the server teams must be *really* keen to swap notes. I don't know. I >would far rather someone spent some bloody money on marketing and other such >dumb, boring stuff... :-( > >Today's Dilbert is almost psychic... > >-- >Bye now, >Obnoxio > >"The one with the smartest marketing department wins" > >______________________________________________________ >Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------ This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, as a free service from Opera Software, makers of the award-winning Web Browser, Opera. Visit us at http://www.opera.com/ or our portal at: http://www.myopera.com/ Your free e-mail account is waiting at: http://www.operamail.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------