RE: Take Tools Feeler Mail, SERIOUSLY

May I add that those interested in ESQL/C, Isql, 4gl & DSA Linux ports do clearly state this when answering questions 32 to 38. And BTW, isn't it strange that the survey doesn't even contemplate Informix-4gl as a developing tool? Ciao, Marco ____________________________________________________________________________ Marco Greco <marcog@ctonline.it> rem radioterapia 39 95 447828 fax 446558 Informix-FAQ http://www.iiug.org 4glWorks http://www.ctonline.it/~marcog --- On Fri, 02 May 1997 13:32:49 -0700 Felix Koshy Mathews <fmathews@systems.dhl.com> wrote: }AT last, Informix has given the user group, a chance to say how }important are the tools to us, and how much we care about discontinuing }some of our favourite tools. This may the only time we get and the one }which decides the existence of those tools. } }May be the "record balance-sheet" of last quarter is making Informix }give more attention to those tools which brought them to current }position in RDBMS - market, rather than forcing us to switch over to }their latest tools (normally GUI-based tools requiring MS-Windows, which }makes dial-in use a nightmare ). } }Trend of Informix tools in recent past, shows that "take-over by Micro }Soft" may not be in the stock market, but it could be in the tools }market, by replacing all character based tools like I4GL, ISQL, }DBA-Tools, etc. with new "super-tools" which are supported only on }MS-Windows ( eventhough some of them like NE, are not upto the mark of }competitors like Delphi,Power-Builber, etc. ) } }So please do respond to the posting : } }"Informix Tools Customer Requirements" from Matt Anderson of Informix } }-- }Have a nice day } }Felix K. Mathews }mailto:fmathews@systems.dhl.com } -----------------End of Original Message-----------------