Re: Product Defect Query no longer available????

Posted in 2003

Rob Vorbroker — Tue, 2 Sep 2003 09:42:18 -0700 (PDT) — source: Usenet: comp.databases.informix

--0-398577559-1062520938=:86796 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Different Malcolm - not the same guy... rkusenet <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote:"Malc P" wrote in message news:8c28402a.0309020431.65ac3ed9@posting.google.com... > IBM appear to have removed the searchable "Product Defect Query" off > the support section of the site. A trip > to:http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/pdq.html > shows the message: > > ***************************************************************************** > Product Defect Query > > Informix Product Defect Query information is no longer available > online. For assistance, please contact your local Informix support > center. > ***************************************************************************** here is a recent post from malcom. Read it and laugh at his naivety:= ======================================================================== Guys, I don't think it does any good for this newsgroup to be pessimistic when discussing the futures for Informix products. It merely serves to continue the doubts that many organisations have about the future of the products. I have recently spoken to a number of companies who are migrating away from Informix as they consider it to be dying. When I ask them why they cite lack of marketing and the uncertainty in this newgroup on the future. So, if we want the product to die then we should carry on telling the public that it will. By my reckoning Informix has a lifespan planned of about 5 years. And who can see further than that? 6 years ago we were all saying the 4GL was going to die - but then came D4GL and the product was reinvigorated. Just my tuppenceworth Malcolm ========================================================================= Rob Vorbroker Phone: 513/336-8695 Vorbroker Consulting, Inc. Fax: 513/336-6812 www.vorbroker.com robv@vorbroker.com --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! --0-398577559-1062520938=:86796 Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii <DIV>Different Malcolm - not the same guy... rkusenet <rkusenet@sympatico.ca> wrote: <BLOCKQUOTE class=replbq style="PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #1010ff 2px solid">"Malc P" <MALC_P@BTINTERNET.COM>wrote in message news:8c28402a.0309020431.65ac3ed9@posting.google.com... > IBM appear to have removed the searchable "Product Defect Query" off > the support section of the site. A trip > to:http://www-3.ibm.com/software/data/informix/support/pdq.html > shows the message: > > ***************************************************************************** > Product Defect Query > > Informix Product Defect Query information is no longer available > online. For assistance, please contact your local Informix support > center. > ***************************************************************************** here is a recent post from malcom. Read it and laugh at his naivety:= ======================================================================== Guys, I don't think it does any good for this newsgroup to be pessimistic when discussing the futures for Informix products. It merely serves to continue the doubts that many organisations have about the future of the products. I have recently spoken to a number of companies who are migrating away from Informix as they consider it to be dying. When I ask them why they cite lack of marketing and the uncertainty in this newgroup on the future. So, if we want the product to die then we should carry on telling the public that it will. By my reckoning Informix has a lifespan planned of about 5 years. And who can see further than that? 6 years ago we were all saying the 4GL was going to die - but then came D4GL and the product was reinvigorated. Just my tuppenceworth Malcolm ========================================================================= </BLOCKQUOTE></DIV> Rob Vorbroker Phone: 513/336-8695 Vorbroker Consulting, Inc. Fax: 513/336-6812 www.vorbroker.com robv@vorbroker.com<hr SIZE=1> Do you Yahoo!? <a href="http://pa.yahoo.com/*http://rd.yahoo.com/evt=1207/*http://promo.yahoo.com/sbc/">SBC Yahoo! DSL</a> - Now only $29.95 per month! --0-398577559-1062520938=:86796-- sending to informix-list