RE: End of an era.

Posted in 2009

Ian Michael Gumby — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 01:48:01 +0000 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

> From: jgp@jgp.net > To: pontes.vagner@gmail.com > Subject: Re: End of an era. > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:16:26 +0200 > CC: informix-list@iiug.org > > Hey Gumby... why don't you go to Twitter? > > I enjoy reading ur posts, they are funny and give another view to a > point (not saying you are true thus ;-) ), bt being limioted to 140 > characters would teach you to be CONCISE :-)))) > > You can follow IIUG on Twitter @IIUG. > I'll give you one more reason why IBM is going to fail and we're seeing the start of a down cycle....: >: Information Management circa December 2001 / January 2002. The client Northern Trust. :< Now that's less than 140 characters. There's maybe a handful of people who know what that means. Steve Mills should know some of the details... Unfortunately, the explanation would take much more than 140 characters so the value of Twitter is lost. ;-) This example has nothing to do with Informix but is an example of the things that are endemic within IBM. The lessons learned from this experience was the importance of protecting the brand. This is probably why I bumped heads with the S&D team and their management more than my peers. Only my first manager understood this. The other two didn't. With respect to Informix, the numbers don't lie and the silence is deafening. But hey! What do I know? Its not like I was there for that cluster fsck, or was responsible for the first cross brand premium support services contract that Steve Mills gave away.... oh wait, I was there. Those and so many more... Oh the stories I could tell... ;-) -G _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how. http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos_072009

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Koya — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 07:56:20 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Jul 25, 8:48 pm, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gu...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > From: j...@jgp.net > > To: pontes.vag...@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: End of an era. > > Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2009 08:16:26 +0200 > > CC: informix-l...@iiug.org > > > Hey Gumby... why don't you go to Twitter? > > > I enjoy reading ur posts, they are funny and give another view to a > > point (not saying you are true thus ;-) ), bt being limioted to 140 > > characters would teach you to be CONCISE :-)))) > > > You can follow IIUG on Twitter @IIUG. > > I'll give you one more reason why IBM is going to fail and we're seeing the start of a down cycle....:>: > > Information Management circa December 2001 / January 2002. The client Northern Trust. > :< > > Now that's less than 140 characters. There's maybe a handful of people who know what that means. Steve Mills should know some of the details... > > Unfortunately, the explanation would take much more than 140 characters so the value of Twitter is lost. ;-) > > This example has nothing to do with Informix but is an example of the things that are endemic within IBM. > > The lessons learned from this experience was the importance of protecting the brand. This is probably why I bumped heads with the S&D team and their management more than my peers. > > Only my first manager understood this. The other two didn't. > > With respect to Informix, the numbers don't lie and the silence is deafening. > > But hey! What do I know? > Its not like I was there for that cluster fsck, or was responsible for the first cross brand premium support services contract that Steve Mills gave away.... oh wait, I was there. > Those and so many more... Oh the stories I could tell... ;-) > > -G > > _________________________________________________________________ > Windows Live™ SkyDrive™: Store, access, and share your photos. See how.http://windowslive.com/Online/SkyDrive?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_CS_SD_photos... In my earlier post I said "Back in 1999 and 2000 when I signed up for IIUG emails". Actually I mean to say that Google group emails. Sorry. --Chavan

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Fernando Nunes — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 23:19:35 +0100 — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

Koya wrote: > In my earlier post I said "Back in 1999 and 2000 when I signed up for > IIUG emails". Actually I mean to say that Google group emails. Sorry. > > --Chavan That looks more consistent with reality. But it would be fair to also say that usenet is dying... Even our Oracle "spy" has given up on this... People are choosing other channels to communicate. Regards.

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grendal — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 16:05:41 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

On Jul 27, 5:19 pm, Fernando Nunes <domusonl...@gmail.com> wrote: > Koya wrote: > > In my earlier post I said "Back in 1999 and 2000 when I signed up for > > IIUG emails". Actually I mean to say that Google group emails. Sorry. > > > --Chavan > > That looks more consistent with reality. > But it would be fair to also say that usenet is dying... Even our Oracle "spy" > has given up on this... People are choosing other channels to communicate. > > Regards. LOL... That is what will make Usenet a good channel again. The interesting thing is that Mark could easily have just subscribed to the IIUG feed. I guess it was just an excuse to say good bye.