RE: Gary Speaks!

IDS = IMS "On one hand Informix is dramatically improving. Every fix pack is loaded with new features." We had major swap memory issues with HP-UX and 11.5FC4. They fixed it in FC5. We installed FC6 and guess what? The same old swap memory problems are back... Yup, those fix packs are loaded. Not to be outdone.... Microsh1t is holding us hostage on a nasty problem that they have a fix for but they want 25K from us before they give it to us. Last night I taught my Culinary students how to properly sauté ribbons of squash, in a non-stick pan. That was frustrating too. --- On Thu, 2/4/10, Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> wrote: > From: Ian Michael Gumby <im_gumby@hotmail.com> > Subject: RE: Gary Speaks! > To: "Jerry Hamilton" <bigdaddyjerry@yahoo.com>, informix-list@iiug.org, theharlequin36@hotmail.com > Date: Thursday, February 4, 2010, 8:33 PM > > > > > > > > > Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2010 14:56:21 -0800 > > From: bigdaddyjerry@yahoo.com > > Subject: Re: Gary Speaks! > > To: informix-list@iiug.org; > theharlequin36@hotmail.com > > > > I'd drink piss before I drank another drop of IBM > Kool-Aid. > > > > You're right. Piss tastes better! ;-P > > > --- On Mon, 2/1/10, Captain Pedantic > <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> wrote: > > > > > From: Captain Pedantic > <theharlequin36@hotmail.com> > > > Subject: Gary Speaks! > > > To: informix-list@iiug.org > > > Date: Monday, February 1, 2010, 1:18 PM > > > I see Gary's getting frustrated > > > now.  We call this the "Hamilton > Effect", in > > > honour of erstwhile IIUG President Jerry > Hamilton. > > > Jerry imbibed the IBM > > > Kool-Aid as thirstily as anyone, came quite > quickly to > > > realise that IBM had > > > no intention whatsoever of promoting Informix, > and then > > > became one of the > > > most zealous critics!: > > > > > > IIUG Insider (Issue #115) > > > January 2010 > > > > > > Happy new year to all IIUG members! > > > I wish you all a wonderful year. However I am not > sure it > > > is going to be a > > > good year for Informix. > > > Last January I wondered if IBM will continue the > momentum > > > of growing and > > > improving Informix. Today I have no answer to > this > > > question. IBM is acting > > > like Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. > > > On one hand Informix is dramatically improving. > Every fix > > > pack is loaded > > > with new features. Mach 11 and the warehouse > capabilities > > > are positioning > > > Informix ahead of any other database including > DB2. The > > > Panther release is > > > due this year. It is going to be a huge > improvement (if you > > > want to know > > > more about it join the EVP program. You can read > more about > > > it in the > > > following section). > > > However if you talk to IBM executives or read the > press, > > > Informix does not > > > exist. It looks as if things are set back to > 2001. > > > Once again we need to say loud and clear that > Oracle and MS > > > SQL server are > > > alternatives to Informix. They are inferior but > if forced > > > we will migrate to > > > one of them. DB2 is not an option. > > > Gary Ben-Israel > > > IIUG Insider Editor > > > gary@iiug.org > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Informix-list mailing list > > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Informix-list mailing list > > Informix-list@iiug.org > > http://www.iiug.org/mailman/listinfo/informix-list > > Hotmail: Trusted email with > powerful SPAM protection. Sign > up now. >