Re: RUMORS... true or false, you decide.. (fwd)

The following is from our Vice President of Sales: =========== Forwarded Message From Edwin Winder ================ > Date: Tue, 3 Mar 92 13:39:36 PST > Message-Id: <9203032139.AA18014@cougar.informix> > Subject: Re: RUMORS... true or false, you decide.. (fwd) > > In response to Harry Bochner's email... > > I am disturbed that this user finds it necessary to solicit support > for his position based on "2nd hand information". This is not a battle > between vendor and user with vendor trying to "come out ahead". > Whatever changes we make in practices relative to upgrades and maintenance > will be based on sound business principles and nothing else. > > I would hope that our users would want us to make prudent and responsible > business decisions so that their investment would be better protected > by our continued successful operation. I want responsible users. I'm not > sure what Harry wants. > > Feel free to place this response in the same forum that Harry used for > his alarming message. Hopefully, when we do communicate our approach to > "Major Upgrades", it will be received on its merit and not the hype and > emotion some would offer. I'm comfortable that our decision will be > a "RESPONSIBLE" one and one that our valued customers will support. > > Edwin > ................ > > -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% ) William Daul Advanced Support ( ( INFORMIX SOFTWARE INC. Project Administrator ) ) 4100 Bohannon Dr. (415) 926-6488 - wk ( ( Menlo Park, CA. 94025 ) ) Email: billd@informix.com or uunet!infmx!billd ( %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%