RE: Great opportunity for Informix

> -----Original Message----- > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 12:27 PM > To: John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com; informix-list@iiug.org > Subject: RE: Great opportunity for Informix > > > From: John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Obnoxio The Clown [mailto:obnoxio@hotmail.com] > > > > > > From: John Carlson <John_Carlson@whsmithusa.com> > > > > > > > >Has anyone at Informix been able to jump on this one? Marketing > > > >opportunities abound . . . . > > > > > > > >http://www.vnunet.com/News/1112903 > > > > > > Heh, this is a joke, right? > > > >Hoping for new things with the new management . . . . great > technology, > >poor > >marketing. > > Me too. > > > > 1. Informix still can't market their way out of a paper > bag (they're > > > starting from a very low base, remember) > > > >Agreed. They need to get the word out concerning XPS on > Linux . . . . . > > XPS on Linux? Developer's edition . . . . see http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001025/ca_informi_2.html > > > > b) Oracle have never shipped anything on time. > > > >While that may be true, why not a little counter-marketing? > "By the way, > >instead of waiting for <insert favorite Oracle product > here>, why not use > ><insert Informix product here> right now?" Or am I being > too simplistic?? > > Too advanced for Informix. :-) Maybe I oughta go into sales . . . nah, I enjoy being a techie.

John Carlson wrote: [SNIP] > > > > > >Agreed. They need to get the word out concerning XPS on > > Linux . . . . . > > > > XPS on Linux? > > Developer's edition . . . . see > http://biz.yahoo.com/bw/001025/ca_informi_2.html [SNIP] See, I told you XPS on Linux should be a no-brainer! Yeehaa. Now we can build multiple TB distributed databases for pennies (millions of them, yes, but pennies non-the-less). Art S. Kagel